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A cultural pot-pourri, Bangalore throws up seemingly endless avenues for entertainment.
The central business district, consisting of M.G Road, Brigade Road and its surrounding areas are home to numerous Cineplex’s, ethnic handicraft emporiums, shopping malls and lifestyle stores that bring together the best of brands both global and from the sub-continent.
Due to its high elevation, Bangalore usually enjoys salubrious climate throughout the year.
The coolest month is January with an average low temperature of 15.1°C and the hottest month is April with an average high temperature of 33.6°C.. It is advisable to wear light cottons in summer (March to May) and light winter wear during (November to February).
Languages
An ancient land, where the scripture preach welcoming the guest as next to praying to god, has over the millennia welcomed and absorbed many a cultures and people. The resulting bouquet of blossoming diversity mesmerizes the world today; language is a good way to corroborate this.
Constitution of India recognizes 22 languages, spoken in different parts the country, namely Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Meitei, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santhali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu.
Out of these Hindi is hailed as the official national language. However off the records if one was to wander about India, a few hundred dialects of these languages wouldn’t be difficult to stumble upon.
Being a global focus for the IT industry Bangalore however has had many a cultures pour in and fuse together thus besides “Kannada” which is the native language, English and Hindi are fairly well spoken and comprehended. So you always have a route to surpass the communication gap, should you find one simply seek translation mediation from an English speaking passerby.
Currency
The Rupee is the currency of India. The most commonly used symbol for the rupee is Rs, code for the Indian rupee is INR. In most parts of India, the rupee is known as the rupee, roopayi, rupaye, rubai, raupya meaning silver.
It follows the following system
1 Rupee = 100 paise (singular paisa).
Usual mint system has the following coins –
25 Paise < 50 Paise < 1 Rupee < 2 Rupees < 5 Rupees
Currency notes (paper) are printed in this nomenclature –
1 < 2 < 5 < 10 < 20 < 50 < 100 < 500 < 1000 < 10,000
Authenticity check –
Security thread — Higher denominational notes have a silver security band with inscriptions visible when held against light. |
