A walk that takes you to the last generation of silk weavers, tombs of Sufi warriors martyred during the III Anglo-Mysore war in 1791 and gets you up-close with the history of the Karaga.
If you have lived in Bangalore for a while, you would certainly believe that you know much about the city. But to the city’s credit, it has numerous secrets up its very able sleeve that takes much to discover. Signing up for a Pettah walk in Nagarathpet: The silk tales by Bengaluru by Foot, I discovered many interesting aspects of the city that is home.
Starting with a hearty South Indian breakfast at a local eatery in the area, we first got a quick lowdown on Kempe Gowda, a 16th century chieftain under the Vijayanagara Empire and the founder of Bangalore
Pitstops include Asthana-E-Hazrath Khwaja Syed Shah Sharfuddin Khadri Shaheed-RA,Dharmaraya Swamy Temple, silk weavers and dyers and more.
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