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Mary Ann Campbell | all galleries >> Travel photos: India, Turkey, Alaska, and Europe >> India: Winter 2005-2006 >> Bangalore, Dec. 2005 > Rock at Lalbagh Botanical Gardens; Kempegowda's watchtower
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09-DEC-2005

Rock at Lalbagh Botanical Gardens; Kempegowda's watchtower

My first sight of peninsular gneiss, the granite formed from lava flows.

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Date/Time09-Dec-2005 22:05:22
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Janardhan Roye 13-Mar-2006 11:38
This is one of the look-out towers of the original Bangalore. As per the founder-chieftain of Bangalore, Kempegowda, such towers formed the city's boundary: in the southern most point, the Lal Bagh (the picture above), the Eastern boundary at Ulsoor Lake, and the North, Mekri Circle.

The rocks on which all these towers stand are natural formations in this area. In fact in the state, Karnataka's maidan is dotted with many such bolder formations - giving the place an austere beauty. the rocks were used extensively for sculpture - specially in temples, and in temple architecture as in Sarvanabelagol and Belur/Halebid.

There has no record of volcanic activity in this area. But the hills and rock formation would suggest that there is considerable subterranean stony formations.

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Amy Silverman 14-Dec-2005 18:39
This rock looks like a lava flow to me. Is there volcanic activity in this part of the world?
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