BUGLE ROCK PARK

Hello everyone,

This week I visited quite an interesting and distinct park in Bangalore, the Bugle Rock Park. Situated at Basavanagudi in the south of Bangalore, it is frequented by quite a few tourist. The rock formation in this park is called the Peninsular gneiss and is estimated to be over 3000 years old. The rock formation is similar to the one in Lalbagh on top of which the memorial is built, though this rock formation and the park is much smaller than the one in Lalbagh.

The spectacular Bugle Park has at-least three temples within its premises including the ancient Bull Temple from where the Vrishabhavati river is said to emerge. Kempe Gowda the founder of Bangalore built a watch tower on this rock and the guard would sound the bugle as soon as he saw some danger approaching the city. This lead to the rock being called the bugle rock.

Beside the watch tower there is also a amphitheatre developed in the precincts of the parks and when I went there, I saw a small theatre group practising their script on the circular stage. I is a very nice and peaceful place and is frequented by couples and students as well as families. The garden is very nicely maintained and has some nice pathways where people can come for a walk or use the beatiful gardens for some meditation session.

The park has a very dense undergrowth of trees and vegetation, and one feels like one has reached another place like a forest when one enters this park.The place is cooler than the rest of the city and there are benches everywhere for people to sit and relax.

The landscape of Bangalore itself is very interesting as a part of Bangalore is plain land where if one goes to another part of the city like Basvanagudi one can see undulating roads and small hills. Though the Bugle Rock Park is not as popular like the Lalbagh or the Hebbal Lake, it is no less significant in terms of history with the ancient rock formations and it was quite astonishing to just feel that the rocks on which I was standing was almost 3000 years old.

faculty@mantraacademy.comThe Bugle Rock Park is definitely worth a visit not only for the history associated with this place but also if any one wants to spend a quite afternoon amid some quite and peaceful atmosphere.