Drive through Cubbon Park....

100_2063, a photo by rajesh_dangi on Flickr.

Mid Summer drive through Cubbon park is a bliss, the green canopies cast dense shadow on the road below and cool winds are soothening....Such gardens midst of the city are the real assets of this city!!

Common Myna...

The Common Myna is readily identified by the brown body, black hooded head and the bare yellow patch behind the eye. The bill and legs are bright yellow. There is a white patch on the outer primaries and the wing lining on the underside is white. This one seem to be busy building nest and collecting twigs...

Mornings @ Cubbon Park

Early morning cubbon park hosts lot of health aware enthusiasts, few joggers, yoga practitioners etc, this one here seems little serious about it !!

Sacrificing Landmarks...

Just few years before BDP posted about June 2006 the landmark of Ajeet fighter from this Minsk square, the Metro has made it displaced with apromise to redo this important landmark after the underground work finishes, till then the Minsk square will just be a pile of dirt and contruction material...

One for the Road!!

A beautifully covered canopies off cubbon park the road between kanteerava stadium and cubbon park is a delight to travel, peaceful all covered with trees thus cooler in most of the season this is one of my favorites…

Summer Shades..

Another shade of the summer exhibited in Cubbon park, each change in the season reflects thoroughly in the magnificent park… my weekend early morning walk is a bliss!!

Summer Luncheon…

Cubbon Park remains favorite choice for large group of friends and families to gather and enjoy lunch in greenery and shade. This large group picnic achieves both the objectives of meeting and eating together and beating the summer heat naturally…

Tabebuia @Off-season..

Winter might not be the season for Tabebuia bloom, yet there are some flowers one can spot on Tabebuia trees in the city, this one is from Cubbon park!

Toy Train...

Children enjoy a toy train ride in bal bhavan, the old train engine kept nearby is a major attraction for the kids visiting Cubbon Park. Currently the tracks are in maintenance and kids await their rides eagerly….

Working together...

Another great aspect of city parks is a group exercise / workouts, There are many enthusiasts who participate in such group activities, what a great beginning of the day!!

Unwind...

Weekend Morning at Cubbon park is a great unwinding mechanism, pick up a solitary bench under a tree and enjoy the atmosphere. City provides such great breathing spots for the city, i.e parks which are very peaceful early mornings specially winter mornings...

Cubbon Park Blossoms...

Tabebuia blossoms has painted Cubbon Park pink / purple !! This fortnight long blossom was so spectacular that despite pulling lot of visitors it appeared on national TV too! The morning walk in the garden was a great feeling, as if joining hands with nature in the winter celebrations...

The Great Maharaja of Mysore..

This elegant status of Sri Chamarajendra Wodeyar Bahadur stands amidst lush green surrounding in Cubbon Park. Chamaraja Wadiyar X(Wodeyar) (1863-94) was the ruling Maharaja of Mysore between 1881 and 1894. Although his reign proved to be a brief one, he left an indelible mark on the Kingdom of Mysore and thereby on the present day Indian state of Karnataka.

The Great escape..

Early morning at cubbon park, a real good relaxation amidst nature. There are many joggers, walkers and even few who just have drive to get off early from their bed and reach this nature nirvana in the city center called cubbon park….

Reading the Newspaper...

Early morning few avid readers find a perfect place in cubbon park, great morning with peaceful surrounding and a newspaper just picked up off the news-stand, what more you want when life unwinds at your own pace..

Warming up !!

It’s been raining almost everyday all through afternoons till late night, the evenings are dark and everyone including these birds were waiting for a good sunlight…a small lake in Cubbon park sees some ducks and a cormorant takes few moments off to enjoy the sunlight …

Bandstand @ Cubbon Park

Among the famous places in Cubbon Park, band stand remains a preferred choice to visit. The bandstand, in an octagonal shape made with cast-iron, was built in the early part of the 1900s. Before India’s Independence, the British Royal Air Force used to play western band music at the band stand every Saturday evening. Most old timers of the city relate their memories with the Cubbon Park to this historical bandstand. This structure was the gracious venue of music concerts hosted for the erstwhile royal family and later, the people of Bangalore. Many musicians who have performed there later rose to stardom.
Recently, after a gap of four years Prakruti (an event and media planning company. ) is back, reviving the tradition again on Sunday. According to Prasad M.S. convener of Prakruti, whom I met at the bandstand said that musicians have shown interest in performing at the bandstand. The bandstand is booked for the next eight weeks wherein various famous artistes have agreed to give concerts.

Cleaning Cubbon Park...

More and more volunteers are seen taking up good cause of protecting environment and volunteering to clean the city parks making it litter-free. Just participated in one such great event and spent some great time for a good cause. An opportunity to meet few great veterans in the field too…

Wish to join this campaign @ Cubbon Park !! check out...

Morning walk @ Cubbon Park…

Like some of those days to get motivated wake up early, and head for the Cubbon park just around sunrise, the serene beauty of the nature with tall trees and dense and peace is worth it…

Sunday morning we enjoyed walking and wondering around the park watching birds, plants and few enthusiast early risers running by…

Fruit Chaat Conversations...

Bangaloreans indeed love fruits, relishing them at markets, fruit chaat carts or even via juice bars... here is a couple enjoying the fruits in cubban park while their evening stroll in the park. Availability of fresh fruits always lure every fruit lover, what could be any better option than this?