For most of my life growing up in #bangalore, I remember quickly walking past this building without giving it a second glance. Standing at the junction of Brigade Road and Resicency road this #building was in a largely disheveled condition through most of the 80s and 90s; and known for shady activities (it was used as a theater to play B-grade movies at one point).
This is the Bangalore #operahouse built in the 1930s, for the colonial residents of the British Bangalore cantonment. In the early years it was used as a theater, opera and also a space where boxing matches were held between troops who arrived during #ww2.
One of the few #colonial Goth buildings of Bangalore that hasn't been razed to the ground, thanks to a court order, this building has been painstakingly restored by the Korean electronic company - #samsung.
From what I've read, the original stone columns and woodwork have been retained and the walls painted with lime scale, as they would have been in the early 20th century. Some parts, which I didn't manage to capture, had wooden flooring, which I read somewhere was also the original flooring that had been #restored.
The viewing galleries are now balcony corridors leading to various rooms within the #samsung experience center.
This place is definitely worth a visit, especially considering how very few #colonial buildings in #bangalore are actually restored with this painstaking detail!
@NehaKhazanchi what is the name of this place?
@NehaKhazanchi it's beautiful. Thank you for sharing