vidhan souda bangalore is a most popular and well known place in india here are some pictures of the historical place . it is situated in front of bangalore high court . eveary day many people come here to enjoy themselves and they also come here to click the pictures . also it is very clean and filled with garden surrounding .
The two houses of legislature of the princely state of Mysore, the legislative assembly and the legislative council, were established in 1881 and 1907 respectively. Sessions of the two houses took place in Mysore (with joint sessions taking place in the Bangalore Town Hall) until India's independence from British rule on 15 August 1947, when Mysore acceded to India. The state's capital was shifted to Bangalore; the two houses moved into Attara Kacheri, a British-built building in Cubbon Park that housed the High Court of Mysore.
Kengal Hanumanthaiah succeeded Reddy as Chief Minister after the 1952 election in the state.[8] Calling the existing plan a "plain and simple type of American architecture", Hanumanthaiah ordered extensive revisions to produce "a work of art in keeping with the tradition of Mysore State". Apart from house chambers, the revised plan included government offices, archives, a library and a banquet hall. Construction of the building was completed in 1956. Hanumanthiah personally supervised and ordered several particular aspects of the construction; one of them was to inscribe Government Work Is God's Work and its Kannada equivalent on the entablature of the front facade.
A need was felt for more spacious quarters for the legislature than Attara Kacheri, and in April 1951, the cabinet of Mysore's first chief minister, K. C. Reddy, finalised plans for such a building. The foundation stone of the building was laid by Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, on 13 July 1951. The structure was planned to be a two-storeyed building housing the assembly and the council.
Cost
Estimates of construction costs for the original two-storied structure stood at 33 lakh (3.3 million) rupees.[6] The final cost of construction of the redesigned building was 180 lakh (18 million) rupees. Hanumanthaiah was criticised for the inflated sum - equivalent to ₹170 crore, or ₹1.7 billion (US$24 million) in 2019 - spent on construction.
Design:
Built with granite, Vidhana Soudha is the largest legislative building in India. It measures 213.36 by 106.68 metres (700.0 by 350.0 ft) on the ground and is 53.34 metres (175.0 ft) tall.[6] The architecture includes elements of styles from the mediaeval Kannada kingdoms of the Chalukyas, Hoysalas and Vijayanagara.[6] Its east-facing front facade has a porch with 12 granite columns, 12 metres (40 ft) tall. Leading to the porch is a flight of stairs with 45 steps, more than 61 metres (200 ft) wide. The central dome, 18 metres (60 ft) in diameter, is crowned by a likeness of the State Emblem of India.
The entablature is inscribed with the phrase Government Work is God's Work, and the Kannada equivalent, Sarkarada kelasa devara kelasa.[3] In 1957, the Mysore government planned to replace the inscription with Satyameva Jayate at a cost of ₹7,500 (equivalent to ₹610,000 or US$8,500 in 2019),[9] but the change did not take place. In 1996, the inscription inspired a visiting US state governor, George Voinovich of Ohio, to propose etching "With God, all things are possible" onto the Ohio Statehouse, prompting a high-profile lawsuit. additional citation needed
The cost of construction at that time was just ₹17.5 million (equivalent to ₹1.6 billion or US$23 million in 2019). But presently, annual maintenance cost itself is more than ₹20 million (US$280,000) including repairs, painting, and other miscellaneous expenses
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