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Bengaluru (Bangalore) is the face of contemporary India. A city bustling with young, elite techies, skilled executives and students from across the globe is urbane and progressive. These young minds with their liberal mindset and proper exposure have given a facelift to this city once known as the 'sleeping city' and went on to bag the title of the Silicon Valley of India.
Bengaluru / Bangalore is purely cosmopolitan in nature because of the coalition of diverse cultures. The fusion of various cultures have made it a true mirror of modern India where people have stopped feeding to prejudices and radical views. Bangloreans are liberal in their social attitudes and the lifesytle is modelled along Mumbai and Manhattan rather than the other cities in the State. No wonder the city with its rocking nighlife has the largest number of pubs and rightly called the 'Pub capital of India'.
Culture Of Bangalore
Bangalore Food
Idly, dosa, sambar, rice and occasional pizza have been replaced by Chinese, Italian, Indonesian, Lebanese, Persian, Sri Lankan, Mexian cuisines. Today the frilly city restaurants serve yummy pasta, sushi reflecting the multi cultural food habits of the residents.
Bangalore Festival
All the important festivals like "Karaga Shaktyotsava", the oldest festival of the city, Deepavali, Dasara, Ganesh Chaturthi, Ugadi, Sankranthi, Eid ul-Fitr and Christmas are celebrated with great fervor.
Bangalore Pubs
The heavy influx of young urbanites have added several new ingredients and have introduced cultural additions like 'Pub culture' a concept which was unheard of few years back in the garden city. Today the city has more than 200 clubs and bars along with a vibrant night life.
History Of Bangalore
There is an interesting history and pecularity in the city's nomenclature. Hearsay, the king of Vijayanagar Veer Ballala once went out to hunt and lost his way in the forest. He was tired,famished and thirsty. A woman served him Bend-Kalo which in Kannada language means the boiled bean. The king was so impressed that he named the place as'bende kalu ooru' which means the town of boiled beans.
