What strikes your mind when I say the word Banashankari? The temple right? Yes, Banashankari is one of the popular localities in South Bengaluru & it is named after the famous Banashankari Temple on Kanakapura Road, one of Bangalore’s oldest and most well-known temples constructed by Subramanya Shetty in 1915. Banashankari is abbreviated as BSK. When I say south Bengaluru, Banashankari is one of the prominent localities.

The locality of Banashankari is the largest in Bengaluru and is densely populated. It is one of the most happening places with a lot of developments happening in and around Bengaluru. When I say Banashankari, it starts from Mysore road and extends all the way to Kanakapura Road. Divided into six stages, Banashankari is home to some of the biggest residential apartments and many upcoming real estate projects. It has some prominent areas like Hanumantha Nagara, Girinagara, Srinagar, and Azad Nagar. Some of the prominent nearby localities bounded by Banashankari are Rajarajeshwari Nagar, Basavangudi, Jayanagar and J.P. Nagar, and Padmanabhanagar, Kumaraswamy Layout, ISRO Layout, Vasanthapura and Uttarahalli. It is divided into 6 phases and has been properly planned. Banashankari is a 6th stage locality in the southwestern part of Bengaluru and lies on one side of the Bengaluru Mysore expressway.