Description of the attraction
The Karnataka State Legislature is located in its capital, Bangalore, in a huge building, the architecture of which is strongly influenced by both the East and the West.
Construction began in 1951, when the famous Jawaharlal Nehru was the Prime Minister of India, who initiated the construction of a building for the Legislative Assembly. But Kengal Hanumanthayah took the lead on the creation of this architectural monument, who specially went to travel to Europe, the USA, Russia, in order to then invest in the concept of his building the elements of the architectural masterpieces he saw there. The construction was completed in 1956.
Vidhana Soudha, as the building is also called, is a five-story granite building, one floor of which is located underground. Domes rise from the four corners, and the main central dome is crowned with the figure of the symbol of India - a lion with four heads. The height of the building is 46 meters, and the number of rooms in which 22 departments are located reaches three hundred. The building has four main entrances, one on each side, the main one being the eastern one, which is adorned with twelve tall carved columns. And right above it is the inscription “Government's Work is God's Work”.
The total cost of the construction was only a little over 17 million rupees, but about 20 million is spent annually on the maintenance of the building.
In 2005, it was decided to build a replica of it near Vidhana Soudha, which was named Vikas Soudha, and it houses additional offices for some ministers.
You can get inside the building only with a special pass, but an external inspection of the building will bring a lot of impressions, especially on Sunday evenings and public holidays, when it is decorated with millions of lights.
