Koramangala

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Koramangala (Kannada:ಕೋರಮಂಗಲ) is an area of Bangalore (Bengaluru), capital city of Karnataka, India. Situated in the south-east of the city, it was not too long ago, a sought after residential locality with its wide boulevards and posh bungalows. It now finds itself at the focal point of many busy main roads, notably the Intermediate Ring Road (linking the Airport Road with Hosur Road and Electronics City), Sarjapur Road (leading to the Outer Ring Road, the IT Corridor and beyond) and 80 Feet Road (leading to Viveknagar and MG Road at the center of Bangalore).

Divided into 8 Blocks, the 3rd and 7th Blocks are more commercial than the others, with all major banks and finance houses including Axis bank, ICICI bank, HDFC bank and State Bank of India having their branches here.

Koramangala is also home to some prestigious institutions like the St. John's Medical College, Jyoti Nivas College, Vemana Institute of Technology, Indian Institute of Astrophysics and others.

Several software companies are located in Koramangala. To mention a few: Infosys, Wipro, Siemens VDO, Microland, Zenith Software, Rational Software Corporation (India) Pvt. Ltd. Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Tricon Infotech Pvt. Ltd ,Robert Bosch, Collabera Solutions,Mindtree, Lucent Technologies,Interra systems, Tavant Technologies and others. See comprehensive list of software companies in Koramangala.

Koramangala currently boasts having The Forum, one of the city's biggest shopping malls, and Raheja Arcade, a big shopping cum office complex. A large number of restaurants, relatively upscale houses and apartment complexes and a number of Indian and multi-national software companies distinguish Koramangala from other parts of the city. It hosts luxury apartment complexes like Prestige Acropolis, Raheja Residency and National Games Housing Complex.

Koramangala has a number of restaurants, coffee shops, juice and ice cream parlours and pubs, especially around 7th Block.

It is now notorious for its congested roads, many of which were 'dug up' for renovation. The crime rate has increased considerably over the past few years. Though the civic authorities are trying hard to cope with the unprecedented stress of improvising the infrastructure, a lot needs to be done.