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class="comments-link"><a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2016/06/27/joining-the-bandwagon/#respond">Leave a comment</a></span> <span class="edit"></span> </div> </div> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>The story of Bengaluru’s bandstands in an ideal landscape.</p> </div> </div> <div id="post-3784" class="post-3784 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bangalore-pete category-breathe-deep tag-amrit-mahal tag-bangalore tag-bullocks tag-cattle tag-chamarajendra-wodeyar-x tag-haider-ali tag-kaval tag-lb-bowring tag-mysore tag-punjab tag-srirangapatna tag-tipu-sultan tag-vijayanagar tag-vp-madhava-rao"> <a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2016/06/10/bullish-about-battles/" title="Permalink to THE AMRIT MAHAL-Bullish About Battles" rel="3784"> <img width="640" height="401" src="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_7322-copy.jpg?w=640" class="featured thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_7322-copy.jpg?w=640 640w, https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_7322-copy.jpg?w=150 150w, https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_7322-copy.jpg?w=300 300w, https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_7322-copy.jpg?w=768 768w, https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_7322-copy.jpg?w=584 584w, https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_7322-copy.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" data-attachment-id="3851" data-permalink="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2016/06/10/bullish-about-battles/img_7322-copy/" data-orig-file="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_7322-copy.jpg" data-orig-size="1024,641" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"5.6","credit":"Picasa","camera":"Canon EOS 600D","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1464971825","copyright":"","focal_length":"35","iso":"200","shutter_speed":"0.25","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="IMG_7322 – Copy" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_7322-copy.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_7322-copy.jpg?w=584" /> </a> <div class="sticky-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2016/06/10/bullish-about-battles/" rel="bookmark">THE AMRIT MAHAL-Bullish About Battles</a></h2> <div class="byline"> <abbr class="published" title="June 10, 2016 12:36 am"><a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2016/06/10/bullish-about-battles/">June 10, 2016</a></abbr> · by <span class="author vcard"><a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/author/bangaloregirl/" title="Posts by bangaloregirl" rel="author">bangaloregirl</a></span> · in <a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/category/bangalore-pete/" rel="category tag">Bangalore Pete</a>, <a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/category/breathe-deep/" rel="category tag">Breathe deep</a> · <span class="comments-link"><a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2016/06/10/bullish-about-battles/#comments">7 Comments</a></span> <span class="edit"></span> </div> </div> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>I saw a magnificent bull standing in busy Taramandalpete the other day. While my overseas visitors were thrilled with the unexpected opportunity to photograph local transport, I was struck by this happy coincidence. Despite name changes, rusty signboards here continue to call the area Taramandalpete. The name comes from another time in city history, and this nonchalant bull […]</p> </div> </div> <div id="post-3577" class="post-3577 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bangalore-cantonment tag-bangalore-cantonment tag-col-desraj-urs tag-edmund-allenby tag-ganda-bherunda tag-haifa tag-horses tag-lawrence-of-arabia tag-mysore tag-mysore-lancers tag-wwi"> <a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2016/04/11/men-of-the-horse/" title="Permalink to Men of the Horse" rel="3577"> <img width="640" height="427" src="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_7226.jpg?w=640" class="featured thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_7226.jpg?w=640 640w, https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_7226.jpg?w=150 150w, https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_7226.jpg?w=300 300w, https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_7226.jpg?w=768 768w, https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_7226.jpg?w=584 584w, https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_7226.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" data-attachment-id="3689" data-permalink="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2016/04/11/men-of-the-horse/img_7226/" data-orig-file="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_7226.jpg" data-orig-size="1024,683" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"7.1","credit":"Picasa","camera":"Canon EOS 600D","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1460207791","copyright":"","focal_length":"45","iso":"200","shutter_speed":"0.0015625","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="IMG_7226" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_7226.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_7226.jpg?w=584" /> </a> <div class="sticky-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2016/04/11/men-of-the-horse/" rel="bookmark">Men of the Horse</a></h2> <div class="byline"> <abbr class="published" title="April 11, 2016 10:13 pm"><a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2016/04/11/men-of-the-horse/">April 11, 2016</a></abbr> · by <span class="author vcard"><a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/author/bangaloregirl/" title="Posts by bangaloregirl" rel="author">bangaloregirl</a></span> · in <a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/category/bangalore-cantonment/" rel="category tag">Bangalore Cantonment</a> · <span class="comments-link"><a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2016/04/11/men-of-the-horse/#comments">11 Comments</a></span> <span class="edit"></span> </div> </div> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>There are many miles that separate Bengaluru from Haifa. But our city’s connection to this distant Mediterranean port town goes beyond geography to that of the spirit. It is where Mysorean cavalrymen earned honours and distinguished themselves during World War I. The town also became a final resting place for many who never returned home. […]</p> </div> </div> <div id="post-3515" class="post-3515 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-eat-and-drink"> <a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2016/03/18/the-unforbidden-fruit/" title="Permalink to The Devanahalli Pomelo-An UnForbidden Fruit" rel="3515"> <img width="640" height="427" src="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_4319.jpg?w=640" class="featured thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_4319.jpg?w=640 640w, https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_4319.jpg?w=150 150w, https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_4319.jpg?w=300 300w, https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_4319.jpg?w=768 768w, https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_4319.jpg?w=584 584w, https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_4319.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" data-attachment-id="3557" data-permalink="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2016/03/18/the-unforbidden-fruit/img_4319-2/" data-orig-file="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_4319.jpg" data-orig-size="1024,683" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"13","credit":"Picasa","camera":"Canon EOS 600D","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1419597380","copyright":"","focal_length":"46","iso":"200","shutter_speed":"0.04","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="IMG_4319" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_4319.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_4319.jpg?w=584" /> </a> <div class="sticky-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2016/03/18/the-unforbidden-fruit/" rel="bookmark">The Devanahalli Pomelo-An UnForbidden Fruit</a></h2> <div class="byline"> <abbr class="published" title="March 18, 2016 1:08 am"><a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2016/03/18/the-unforbidden-fruit/">March 18, 2016</a></abbr> · by <span class="author vcard"><a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/author/bangaloregirl/" title="Posts by bangaloregirl" rel="author">bangaloregirl</a></span> · in <a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/category/eat-and-drink/" rel="category tag">Eat and drink</a> · <span class="comments-link"><a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2016/03/18/the-unforbidden-fruit/#comments">5 Comments</a></span> <span class="edit"></span> </div> </div> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>The fruit `mandi’ or market near Fun World on Jayamahal Palace Road is where one usually scrambles around for prized mangoes in the late summer. Vendors set up tents and literally squat here all through the season.But it continues to show off some seasonal flavour or the other through the year, albeit on a smaller […]</p> </div> </div> <div id="post-3337" class="post-3337 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bangalore-cantonment tag-bangalore tag-cantonment tag-fishing-fleets tag-madras tag-raj tag-south-parade"> <a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2016/03/07/sailing-into-the-sunset-the-fishing-fleets/" title="Permalink to SAILING INTO THE SUNSET-the fishing fleets" rel="3337"> <img width="640" height="401" src="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/unnamed-4.jpg?w=640" class="featured thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/unnamed-4.jpg?w=640 640w, https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/unnamed-4.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/unnamed-4.jpg?w=150 150w, https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/unnamed-4.jpg?w=300 300w, https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/unnamed-4.jpg?w=768 768w, https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/unnamed-4.jpg?w=584 584w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" data-attachment-id="3441" data-permalink="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2016/03/07/sailing-into-the-sunset-the-fishing-fleets/unnamed-4-2/" data-orig-file="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/unnamed-4.jpg" data-orig-size="2608,1634" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"Picasa","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="unnamed (4)" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/unnamed-4.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/unnamed-4.jpg?w=584" /> </a> <div class="sticky-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2016/03/07/sailing-into-the-sunset-the-fishing-fleets/" rel="bookmark">SAILING INTO THE SUNSET-the fishing fleets</a></h2> <div class="byline"> <abbr class="published" title="March 7, 2016 9:26 pm"><a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2016/03/07/sailing-into-the-sunset-the-fishing-fleets/">March 7, 2016</a></abbr> · by <span class="author vcard"><a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/author/bangaloregirl/" title="Posts by bangaloregirl" rel="author">bangaloregirl</a></span> · in <a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/category/bangalore-cantonment/" rel="category tag">Bangalore Cantonment</a> · <span class="comments-link"><a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2016/03/07/sailing-into-the-sunset-the-fishing-fleets/#comments">3 Comments</a></span> <span class="edit"></span> </div> </div> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Remembering the women from England who came out to make a home in India as far back as the 17th century. The post box at my gate seems to be filled only with marketing pamphlets these days. As I tossed them into the bin, one caught my eye. It announced the onset of the wedding season […]</p> </div> </div> <div id="post-3130" class="post-3130 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bangalore-central category-worship tag-bangalore tag-champaka tag-itc-gardenia tag-kuruba tag-mallaya-hospital tag-residency-road tag-sati tag-temple tag-virakallu"> <a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2016/03/04/set-in-stone-the-viragallus-of-bengaluru/" title="Permalink to SET IN STONE-The Viragallu’s of Bengaluru" rel="3130"> <img width="640" height="427" src="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_3918-copy.jpg?w=640" class="featured thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_3918-copy.jpg?w=640 640w, https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_3918-copy.jpg?w=150 150w, https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_3918-copy.jpg?w=300 300w, https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_3918-copy.jpg?w=768 768w, https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_3918-copy.jpg?w=584 584w, https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_3918-copy.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" data-attachment-id="3264" data-permalink="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2016/03/04/set-in-stone-the-viragallus-of-bengaluru/img_3918-copy/" data-orig-file="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_3918-copy.jpg" data-orig-size="1024,683" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"13","credit":"Picasa","camera":"Canon EOS 600D","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1417253489","copyright":"","focal_length":"46","iso":"200","shutter_speed":"0.008","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="IMG_3918 – Copy" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_3918-copy.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_3918-copy.jpg?w=584" /> </a> <div class="sticky-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2016/03/04/set-in-stone-the-viragallus-of-bengaluru/" rel="bookmark">SET IN STONE-The Viragallu’s of Bengaluru</a></h2> <div class="byline"> <abbr class="published" title="March 4, 2016 5:33 pm"><a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2016/03/04/set-in-stone-the-viragallus-of-bengaluru/">March 4, 2016</a></abbr> · by <span class="author vcard"><a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/author/bangaloregirl/" title="Posts by bangaloregirl" rel="author">bangaloregirl</a></span> · in <a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/category/bangalore-central/" rel="category tag">Bangalore Central</a>, <a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/category/worship/" rel="category tag">Worship</a> · <span class="comments-link"><a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2016/03/04/set-in-stone-the-viragallus-of-bengaluru/#comments">2 Comments</a></span> <span class="edit"></span> </div> </div> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Right opposite the Kantheerava Stadium is a painted temple arch tucked between the busy Mallaya Hospital and the swank five star ITC Gardenia hotel. It leads into a secluded square plot where old tamarind trees cast shadows over a modest temple. “Long ago, this area was just forested land near the Sampige kere (lake)” says the […]</p> </div> </div> <div id="post-3057" class="post-3057 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bangalore-east tag-bangalore tag-fraser-town tag-mudaliar tag-skylight-foundation"> <a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2016/03/02/3057/" title="Permalink to MAKING A CONNECTION" rel="3057"> <img width="640" height="426" src="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/unnamed-1.jpg?w=640" class="featured thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/unnamed-1.jpg?w=640 640w, https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/unnamed-1.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/unnamed-1.jpg?w=150 150w, https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/unnamed-1.jpg?w=300 300w, https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/unnamed-1.jpg?w=768 768w, https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/unnamed-1.jpg?w=584 584w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" data-attachment-id="3090" data-permalink="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2016/03/02/3057/unnamed-1-2/" data-orig-file="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/unnamed-1.jpg" data-orig-size="2784,1853" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"Picasa","camera":"","caption":"????????????????????????????????????","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="unnamed (1)" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>????????????????????????????????????</p> " data-medium-file="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/unnamed-1.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/unnamed-1.jpg?w=584" /> </a> <div class="sticky-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2016/03/02/3057/" rel="bookmark">MAKING A CONNECTION</a></h2> <div class="byline"> <abbr class="published" title="March 2, 2016 8:54 pm"><a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2016/03/02/3057/">March 2, 2016</a></abbr> · by <span class="author vcard"><a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/author/bangaloregirl/" title="Posts by bangaloregirl" rel="author">bangaloregirl</a></span> · in <a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/category/bangalore-east/" rel="category tag">Bangalore East</a> · <span class="comments-link"><a href="https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2016/03/02/3057/#comments">9 Comments</a></span> <span class="edit"></span> </div> </div> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Everytime I go looking for people and places from Bengaluru’s past, I end up joining a few dots and sorting out some puzzles and missing pieces in city history. 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