• the Peninsular Gneiss rock exposure in the Lalbagh botanical gardens in Bangalore, India, is a National Geological Monument?

Facts on topics related to Peninsular Gneiss

Bangalore

• Kannada cinema star Dr. Rajkumar was buried at Kanteerava Studios in Bangalore?
• Sankey Tank in Bangalore is named after Sir Richard Hieram Sankey, an officer in the Royal (Madras) Engineers in British India?
• Bangalore Gayana Samaja, which celebrated its centenary in 2005, is one of the oldest cultural organisations in Bangalore?
• Bengaluru Pete, established by Kempegowda I in 1537 with roads laid in cardinal directions with entrance gates at the end of each road, is an integral part of the present-day Bangalore, India?
• Bugle Rock in Bangalore, India, is a peninsular gneiss formation from which warning bugle calls were made to alert citizens of intruders?
• Chitrakala Parishat, an art institution and a cultural organization in Bangalore, was the brainchild of famous Russian painter Svetoslav Roerich who used to reside in that city?
• Cubbon Park in Bangalore, India, has indigenous and exotic botanical species of 68 genera and 96 species with about 6,000 plants?
• Hesaraghatta Lake is a freshwater lake created from the Arkavathy River in 1894 to produce drinking water for Bangalore?
• due to its numerous attractions such as Lal Bagh (pictured), Bangalore, the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka, is known as the "Garden City of India"?
• in 1985, Texas Instruments became the first multinational to set up base in Bangalore?

Karnataka

• 60 percent of Carnatic musicians in Karnataka come from Rudrapatna?
• excavations at Chandravalli in the Indian state of Karnataka have unearthed coins of Roman emperor Augustus and Chinese Han emperor Wu Ti?
• Karnataka is home to the largest concentration of Siddhis (a tribe of African descent) in India?
• shrines dedicated to the Hindu sun god Surya usually face east, but the one at the Kasivisvesvara Temple in Lakkundi, Karnataka faces west?
• Tejashwini Sreeramesh, an Indian Member of Parliament from the Kanakapura constituency of Karnataka, was previously an anchor of a talk show on Udaya TV?
• Allama Prabhu, the mystic-saint of 12th century Karnataka, India, was also an accomplished Vachana poet?
• Chitradurga Fort (pictured) in Karnataka has so many interconnecting tanks to harvest rain water, it was said it never ran out of water?
• Churumuri.com, one of the most popular blogs on WordPress.com, is named after a snack made of puffed rice that is a speciality of Mysore, Karnataka in India?
• Deepak Chougule, a cricketer from the Indian state of Karnataka, created a junior world record for the most runs scored in a single day of a cricket match when he scored 400 runs in a match against Goa?
• flora and fauna of the Indian state of Karnataka include a species of ant newly discovered on the campus of the Indian Institute of Science?

Mysore

• Churumuri.com, one of the most popular blogs on WordPress.com, is named after a snack made of puffed rice that is a speciality of Mysore, Karnataka in India?
• on the Hindu festival Ratha Saptami, the icons of the Sun-god (pictured) are carried in ceremonial processions in Mysore and Melkote?
• the Lalitha Mahal (pictured), a palace in Mysore, India, was built in 1921 on orders of the Maharaja of Mysore for exclusive stay of the Viceroy of India?
• the St. Philomena's Church (pictured) in the city of Mysore in India was built in Neo-Gothic style drawing inspiration from the Cologne Cathedral in Germany?
• the biggest walk-through aviary in India is located on the shore of the Karanji Lake in Mysore?
• the birth place of Tipu Sultan, also known as the Tiger of Mysore, is located 150 metres (490 ft) south-west of Devanahalli Fort in Karnataka, India?
• the city of Mysore, in the Indian state of Karnataka, has been called the "Cultural Capital of Karnataka"?
• the first private radio station in India was Akashvani which was set up in 1935 in Mysore, Karnataka?

Hampi

• two of Karnataka's architectural monuments, Pattadakal (pictured) and Hampi, are UNESCO World Heritage sites?

Pattadakal

• two of Karnataka's architectural monuments, Pattadakal (pictured) and Hampi, are UNESCO World Heritage sites?

Lal Bagh

• due to its numerous attractions such as Lal Bagh (pictured), Bangalore, the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka, is known as the "Garden City of India"?