Bengaluru · Stop 4 of 7 · 1868
High Court of Karnataka (Attara Kacheri)
The red one. Two storeys of Pompeiian-red brick and round columns on the Cubbon Park edge, built as the Eighteen Offices of the Mysore administration and now the state's High Court.
Worth seeing when you're there
- The long colonnaded front from the bandstand side of Cubbon Park, framed by trees.
- The round Greco-Roman columns and the pediment: Europe's idea of an important building, exported.
- The statue in the gardens in front and the lettering on the façade.
- The axis across the road to Vidhana Soudha, which was built to answer this building.
A little history
Built in 1868 in neoclassical Greco-Roman style, the Attara Kacheri, the Eighteen Offices, housed the entire administrative machinery of Mysore state before it became the seat of justice. It is a working court: treat it as an exterior to admire, not a venue to visit.
Getting there, hours, cost
Enter Cubbon Park at the bandstand gate off Kasturba Road or walk down from Vidhana Soudha. The court itself is not a tourist venue; the view from the park is the point.
- Open
- Exterior from the park, any time the park is open
- Closed
- Court: weekends and court holidays
- Cost
- Free
- Note
- Follow posted photography rules.
Hours change. Recheck official sources close to your date. Navigate here · Trail map
Nearby: eat, see, rest
- Government Museum, Kasturba Road Museum · 4 min on foot
- Venkatappa Art Gallery Gallery · 4 min on foot
- Namma Bengaluru Aquarium Aquarium · 6 min on foot
- McDonald's, Kasturba Road Quick food · 6 min on foot
More on the trail map and in A Cubbon Park walk.
On the trail
This landmark is Stop 4 of 7 of Namma City Decoded: The Broken Timeline, our self-guided puzzle walk through the Cubbon Park district. The clue here uses what you can see from exactly where you are standing.
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