VIDHANA SOUDHA: BENGALURU

Vidhana Saoudha in Bengaluru, is a landmark in the garden city, Capital of Karnataka.
The magnificent and gigantic granite, the seat of Karnataka Legislature and the government stands as testimony to this observation, "Men made buildings and subsequentlybuildings made men".....What was once a virtual wilderness surrounding the Old Residency Building (Now called the Raj Bhavan), has been transformed into a marvelous Architectural pieces in the country.
Sri K. Hanumanthaiya, who was Chief Minister of the then Mysore from 1951 to 1956, will be long remembered in the annals of the

History of the State for his administration and achievements built this imposing edifice.
The sprawling building and its surroundings occupy 60 acres. Sri Hanumanthaiya wanted "Vidhana Soudha" to symbolise the legislative sovereignty of the people like the capital in Washington or The House of Commons in London. The then Prime Minister Sri Pandit Jawaharalal Nehru laid the foundation on 13th July 1951. It was completed in the year 1956 as a result of relentless work of thousands workers with an expenditure of Rs 1.84 crores.
Marvel of neo-Dravidian architecture and one of the most imposing building not only in Bangalore but in India. One of the interesting feature of this building in grand stairs in its front. The grand stairs has a flight of forty-five steps 204 feet wide 70 feet deep giving a direct access to the foyer of first floor leading to an Assembly Chamber. The architecture of the building is based on Dravidian style, comprising richly carved bases and capitals for pillars, deep friezes, kapotha cornices, chaithya arches, heavy pediments domical finials, etc; At the same time, the construction has been on modern designs, making use of the present-day materials like steel, reinforced cement concrete glass, plastic, etc.

Now, we have political leaders and people's representatives occupy the place, some ministers occupy rooms as ministers, they break walls. When the assembly is in session, there is lack of constructive discussion. The younger generation watch this and see how our leaders govern the state. We need to be more positive........... God Bless all......
written Tuesday, 23rd September 2014