Carmelaram

Carmelaram is a small village in Bangalore situated at Varthur Hobli, Sarjapura road. Carmelaram was a village but is now a part of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike. It is a very calm and quiet area unlike the other parts of Bangalore city.

History

Originally Carmelite Priests from Kerala bought land and constructed some training centres. They called the Carmelaram, meaning garden of carmel. Latter many institutions came around and started their training centres. Only recently, due to IT boom it has become part of city.

Location

World / India / Karnataka / Krishnarajapura, 8 km from center, Coordinates: 12°54′3″N 77°42′56″E / 12.90083°N 77.71556°E / 12.90083; 77.71556. Carmelaram.

Administration

MLA Constituency: Mahadevapura

MP Constituency : Bangalore Central

BBMP Ward Name: Varthur

BBMP Ward Number: 149

MLA: Aravinda Limbavalli (B.J.P), MP: P C Mohan (B.J.P)

Transport

Road

Carmelaram is located near to Electronic city of 11 km approx which connects National Highway NH7 connecting it with Bangalore and Salem.

Following are the Direct BMTC Busses available from Electronic City to Carmelaram Railway Gate:[1]

Rail

Carmelaram has a railway station, located on the Bengaluru-Salem railway line and falls under the Bengaluru Division of the South Western Railway.

List of Train passing through Carmelaram Railway station[2]

The major IT Parks

RGA TECH PARK

The proposed development is coming up on Sarjapur Main Road, The project is being developed on a land parcel of 18 Acres, the project has a potential development size of 2.1 million sq ft of Grade A office space. Sarjapur Main road is destined to be the new micro market in Bangalore with close proximity to the Outer Ring Road (IT Hub of Bangalore) and is well connected to other parts of the city . The location is well connected by public transport.[3]

Major Cinema theater near Carmelaram

References

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