Cubbon Park Bangalore

Cubbon Park is a landmark ‘lung’ space of the Bangalore town, placed (12.97°N 77.6°E) inside the heart of city in the Central administrative space. Originally created in 1870 when Major General Richard Sankey was the then British Chief Engineer of Mysore state, it coated a part of 100 acres (0.40 km2) and subsequent  growth has taken place and the space reported  now’s concerning 300 acres (1.2 km2). It’s a rich recorded history of abundant flora and fauna plantations as well as varied spectacular and esthetically placed buildings and statues of famed personages in its precincts.
Cubbon Park History:
 This public park was 1st named as “Meade’s Park” when Sir John Meade the Commissioner of Mysore in 1870 and after renamed as Cubbon Park when the longest serving commissioner of the time Sir Mark Cubbon. And to honor the silver jubilee of Sri Krishnaraja Wodeyar’s rule Mysore State in the year 1927 the Cubbon Park was once again renamed as “Sri. Chamarajendra Park”, in memory of the 19th Century ruler of the state Sri Chamarajendra Wodeyar (1868 – 94) during whose rule the park came into extends. And the landscaping in the park beautiful adorns natural rock outcrops with thickets of trees, large bamboos, with grassy expanse and flowerbeds and also the monuments inside its limits, regulated by the agriculture Department of the govt of Karnataka. The preponderantly green space of the Cubbon Park has several motorable roads, and also the well ordered out walking ways running through the park are frequented by early morning walkers and also the naturalists who study plants in the tranquil natural surroundings.
              Tourists visiting this Cubbon Park in the town of Bangalore have nicknamed town itself as ‘Garden City’. and the famous of the Park to the city’s atmosphere is best expressed by 2 Urban Architects who have won the national competition to design ‘Freedom Park. The Cubbon Park is containing from M.G. Road and Kasturba road and Hudson Circle and Ambedkar Veedhi (Road). In that roads that run through the park are allowed for small motorcars only. All locations of the park are accessible through walking ways. The Cubbon Park is open to the general public at all times however the roads round the park are closed for traffic from 5.00 AM to 8.00 AM daily to provided a lot of safety and fresh atmosphere for morning walkers and exercisers.
            Indigenous and exotic botanical species found in the park are concerning 68 genera and 96 species with a complete of around 6000 plants. Local areas found in the park are: Artocarpus and Cassia fistula and ficus and polyalthias etc. and exotic species like coniferous tree, bamboo and Castanospermum austral and Grevillea robusta and millettia and peltophorum and Schinus molle and swietenia mahagoni and tabebuia. sp etc.

             Amongst the decorative and flowering exotic trees lining the roads in the Cubbon Park are the Grevillea robusta (silver oak)—the 1st oaks introduced to Bangalore from Australia—and the Delonix or the gulmohar tree (bright red flowers with long petals) on the Cubbon road in the park, that is a wide cultivated tropical decorative tree round the world.

Cubbon Park Attractions:

          The formal gardens from the central hall of the first Attara Kacheri (means 18 government offices) currently the Karnataka court, extends on the ceal promenade developed symmetrically with avenues, to the museum building. Another spectacular creative structure in Iyer Hall those homes the Central Library with a rose garden as a frontage. Different buildings placed inside or at the boundary of the park are

1.The Indira Priyadarshini Children’s Library,
2. The Venkatappa room,
3. The tank (stated to be the second largest in India),
4. The YMCA,
5. Yuvanika – the State Youth Centre,
6. Century Club,
7. Press Club,
8. Jawahar BAL Bhavan
9. Tennis pavilion
10. The Cheshire dyer Memorial Hall and
11. The Ottawa Chatter.

                A platform in an octagonal shape created with cast-iron, was built in the first a part of the 1900s. Before India’s Independence, British Royal Air Force used to play western band music at the band stand each Saturday evening. An attraction for youngsters is that the well planned children’s amusement park as a part of Jawahar BAL Bhavan, that has the toy train, Puttani specific that runs (0.75 miles or one.2 km) inside the Park, the Doll museum and a boating facility. A 20 million year old fossilised tree — a present from the geological Survey of India, is additionally reported at the park.

           Memorials in the type of marble statues in honour of Queen Victoria (installed in 1906), King Edward VII (installed in 1919), Major General Sir Mark Cubbon and Sri Chamarajendra Wodeyar (installed in 1927) and Sir K. Sheshadri Iyer (installed (in 1913) are seen placed ahead of the historical buildings inside the park.
Cubbon Park Timings:
Mornings 5 am to 7 pm.