Gundopanth Street

Can you look at a banana and pinpoint where it came from? I can't. But for the traders of Gundopanth Street behind KR Market, it only takes a look to 'GeoTag' it.







Like most of the bananas that are sold in Bangalore, these traders came here, over the last five decades, with the bananas they sell. From the rich irrigated fields in Madurai, Thanjavur and Thiruchirapalli districts.







Even though bananas continue to flow in from Tamil Nadu, these days, the supplies are augmented by bananas from the newly irrigated fields of Gangavati and Bellary in Northern Karnataka.






The next time I will peel a banana, I'm going to pause and try to make an educated guess about where it came from.

Godown Street

Strike! The carrom board kind.

Nawab Hyder Ali Khan Road

His name is Shahenshah - The King among Kings.

Sethu Rao Road

Mandya in Bangalore

Mysore Rd. NR Rd. Junction

New Bamboo Bazaar Road

Nothing that's metal goes waste in Bangalore. They are recycled here on the road parallel to SJP Rd. 

SJP Road

The Eighties Style. I wonder what the Vaastu Specialists would say about this.

PVR Road

Unlike most girls in India,
she goes to school.

What Independence Day?

Grain Market, City Market

Freedom and knives.

Dharmaraja Swamy Temple Street. ಬೆ೦ಗಳೊರು ಕರಗಾ

A chariot gets ready for today's Karaga festival/procession.

Nagarathpet Main Rd.

Hemanth, the young priest with his diamond studded earrings outside the garbagruha of a temple.

A M Road, Kalasipalaya ಕಲಾಸಿಪಾಳಯ

Pit stop for truckers and headload workers.

Nagarathpet Main Road

Sethu Rao Rd., City Market

Sethu Rao Rd., City Market

Mandya in Bangalore

Avenue Road

You may have heard of a band named Counting Crows. Now it's time to meet Counting People.

Q: People worship crows?
A: Not really. It's a roadside Shani (Saturn) shrine. The crow is the two-headed Shani's vehicle.

P R Lane, S P Road Cross

City Market

The minute a humble Bajaj Autorickshaw rolls out on to a city road, it goes through cosmetic changes depending on the local laws and habits. The most obvious one is the colour. In Bangalore, it's black and yellow like in the rest of Karnataka, Maharashtra, Goa and Kerala. However, here it is mandatory to have a yellow top, unlike the rest of Karnataka. The other difference is the front of the auto. The sides of the windshields are pulled out so that the rear-view mirrors protrude. This gives Bangalore autos its very distinct look. Meanwhile in Mumbai, rear view mirrors are placed inside the autos!

Paapi Gudiya of Durgamba Temple Street, ಕಲಾಸಿಪಾಳಯ

Dancing Girl

More pictures from City Market area: MGR kisses Dr Raj, Jatka Gaadi Stand, The Priest and the Snake, Shower stop for truckers & Girl - Off to school. Please use the search window on the top left corner to find out if Which Main? What Cross? has pictures from your area.

Mysore Road

More pictures from City Market area: MGR kisses Dr Raj, Jatka Gaadi Stand, The Priest and the Snake, Shower stop for truckers & Girl - Off to school. Please use the search window on the top left corner to find out if Which Main? What Cross? has pictures from your area.