Varthur

Varthur
Varthur
Suburb
	Sunset over Varthur lake.
	Varthur
	Coordinates: 12°56′27″N 77°44′48″E / 12.940699°N 77.746596°E
Country	India
State	Karnataka
District	Bangalore
Metro	Bangalore
Government
• Body	BBMP
Population (January 2015)
• Total	46,000
Languages
• Official	Kannada
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	560 087
Telephone code	91-(0)80-2853XXXX
Vehicle registration	KA 53
Lok Sabha constituency	Bangalore Central
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Mahadevapura

Varthur is a suburb situated in the Eastern periphery of Bangalore City and part of the internationally famous Whitefield township. Varthur is a Hobli and part of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike. Varthur was a Legislative Assembly in the state of Karnataka but was split into three legislative assemblies C.V.Raman Nagar, Mahadevapura and Krishnarajapura in the year 2008. It is also one of the wards of BBMP. It is located in South-Eastern Bangalore between old Airport road and Sarjapur road. Varthur is very close to ITPB.

There are many IT companies in Varthur Hobli. The head office of one of the largest IT companies, Wipro Technologies is situated here. Some other companies such as Cisco Systems, ARM, and Aricent Group, are situated in Varthur Hobli.

At Varthur, people celebrate Brahmarathotsava of Sri Chennaraya Swamy, which happens on the day of Ratha Saptami. It is one of the famous events that takes place in this area. Two days later is Karaga of Sri Draupathamma (Draupadi) at Sri Dharmaraya Swamy (Yudhishthira) temple, which happens at night and is visited by thousands of people from Varthur, Gunjur, Madhuranagara, Whitefield, Ramagondannahalli, Balagere, Sorahunase, Immadihalli, Harohalli, Muthsandra, and Kotur.

Geography

Varthur is located at 12°56′27″N 77°44′48″E / 12.940699°N 77.746596°E / 12.940699; 77.746596. The river Dakshina Pinakini flows through Varthur.

Administration

MP Constituency : Bangalore Central
MLA Constituency : Mahadevapura
BBMP Ward : Varthur
MP : P C Mohan (Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP))
MLA : Manjula Aravind Limbavali (BJP)
Councilor: Pushpa Manjunath (BJP)

Educational institutions

New Horizon College of Engineering
CMR Institute of Technology
Pratham International School, Varthur
Krupanidhi Nursing pharmacy degree and PU College, Gunjur
Government Degree College, Varthur
Government High School and Junior College, Varthur
Government Middle School, Varthur
Jnana sagar vidya mandir school, Varthur
Sri Sharadha Vidhya Mandir, Varthur
Ryan International
K K Education Society
Vagdevi Vilas School (at Varthur and Marathahalli)
Lady Vailankanni Group of Institutions
Chrysalis High, Gunjur
Sri Ravishankar Vidya Mandir
Vibgyor High School, Marathahalli
Chrysalis High School In, Varthur, Gunjur Main Road
Vahe Global Academy, Varthur, Gunjur
Deen's Academy, in whitefield ECC Road
Global Indian International School, near Dommasandra Circle
Greenwood High near Dommasandra Circle
TISB International School near Dommasandra Circle
Inventure Academy near Dommasandra Circle
Oakridge International School near Dommasandra Circle
Indus International School in Dommasandra Circle
Abhijatha Education Society (SLF Convent)

Varthur Main Road

The stretch starting from HAL old Airport road till Varthur via Marathahalli, Kundalahalli, Thubarahalli, Siddhapura, Ramagondanahalli, and Varthur Kodi is officially known as Varthur Main Road.

Varthur lake

The lake ecosystem is an integral part of Bangalore, although unplanned urbanisation and industrialisation have led to the contamination of these water bodies. Varthur Lake, which has an area of 180.40 ha (445.8 acres) is the second largest lake^[1] in Bangalore city and also one of the most polluted^[2] lakes in Bangalore. Its ecosystem is under continuous degradation because of sewage water from Bangalore entering the lake from Bellandur Lake, further upstream.

This is a man-made lake, built by the Ganga kings thousands of years ago^[1] for agriculture and domestic uses but now the lake is receiving 40% of the sewage water from Bangalore for over 50 years resulting in eutrophication.

Gallery

Sree Chennaraya Swamy
Forum Value Mall
Forum Value Mall
Sigma Technology Park

References

^ ^a ^b Mahapatra, Durga Madhab; Chanakya, H. N.; Ramachandra, T. V. (2011). "Assessment of treatment capabilities of Varthur Lake, Bangalore, India". International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management. 14 (1/2/3/4): 84–102. Retrieved 17 April 2018 – via academia.edu.
^ Ramachandra, T. V. (Winter 2008). "Spatial Analysis and Characterisation of Lentic Ecosystems: A Case Study of Varthur Lake, Bangalore". International Journal of Ecology & Development. 9 (W08): 39–56. Archived from the original on 20 January 2021 – via Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science. Bangalore.

[academia.edu-1] Mahapatra, Durga Madhab; Chanakya, H. N.; Ramachandra, T. V. (2011). "Assessment of treatment capabilities of Varthur Lake, Bangalore, India". International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management. 14 (1/2/3/4): 84–102. Retrieved 17 April 2018 – via academia.edu.

[2] Ramachandra, T. V. (Winter 2008). "Spatial Analysis and Characterisation of Lentic Ecosystems: A Case Study of Varthur Lake, Bangalore". International Journal of Ecology & Development. 9 (W08): 39–56. Archived from the original on 20 January 2021 – via Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science. Bangalore.

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