Climate

Often termed as a garden city, Bangalore's climate has also drawn towards itself a large number of industries like the HAL and the Indian Telephone Industry and has become a premier manufacturing and commercial center since the 1950s.

Shopping

Bangalore is a good place to shop for the various specialities of this state. Among these are Mysore silks, sandalwood items, inlay work with rose wood, brass and ivory artifacts, and lambani jewellery.

Handicrafts may be purchased at: Cauvery Arts and Crafts Emporium, M.G. Road, Tel.: 5581118. CCIE (Central Cottage Industries Emporium), M.G. Road, Tel.: 5584083
Airport Sales Counter, KEB Complex, KG Road.

For silk saris and cloth the Karnataka Silk Industries Corporation runs show rooms at M.G. Road and K.G. Road. Similarly, the KHDC showrooms called Priyadarshini Handloom House at various places is an ideal place to shop for handlooms of this state. The other main shopping areas of the city are at Kempe Gowda Road, Mahatma Gandhi Road Jayachamarajendra Road, Jayanagar Shopping Complex Russel Market and Commercial Street.

Cuisine

Bangalore offers a great variety of dining out options to the visitor. Apart from speciality and multi-cuisine restaurants in all major deluxe and standard hotels, the city has no dearth of independent eateries which range from drive-in restaurants, fast foods, and more traditional restaurants offering thalis. The udupi cuisine from south coastal Karnataka is available throughout the cities.