4.1 Heritage and Urban Character of the Zone

The Bull temple, the Gavi Gangadhareshwara Temple established in Basavanagudi in the 16th century and cultural significance of the annual Kadalekai Parishe of the Peanut festival on Bull temple road. Heritage zone also includes the Lalbagh gardens founded by Hyder Ali and Tippu Sultan which is a green lung space for Bangalore, hence classified also as natural heritage. The British developed Basavanagudi as a suburb and planned neighbourhood structured around a central park of Krishna Rajendra Park with four radiating roads. It was mostly residential with commercial stretches on the diagonal roads. Street character is of commercial nature and street vending prominent in Gandhi bazaar and DVG road. This heritage zone locates the State Protected heritage sites by Dept. of Archaeology, Museums and Heritage, of the Gavi Gangadhareshwara Temple, Kempegowda Watch Tower, Mallikarjuna Temple at Basvanagudi and Venkatramana Swamy Temple at VV puram. The heritage sites listed in this zone are presented in Table 5.

4.2 Typology

Mainly religious buildings like temples in VV Puram, Gavipuram and Bull temple road and low rise residential settlement. Basavanagudi is primarily residential neighborhood with commercial markets along the radiating/ diagonal roads. Some prominent institutional buildings such as Ramkrishna Mission, Institute of World Culture also located in this zone.

Sl. No.	Name of Heritage Site	Location	Ward no.	Ward name	Type of Building
Gavipuram, Basavanagudi and VV Puram Heritage Zone	Gavipuram, Basavanagudi and VV Puram Heritage Zone	Gavipuram, Basavanagudi and VV Puram Heritage Zone	Gavipuram, Basavanagudi and VV Puram Heritage Zone	Gavipuram, Basavanagudi and VV Puram Heritage Zone	Gavipuram, Basavanagudi and VV Puram Heritage Zone
Precinct 1 : Gavi Gangadeshwari temple with Kempegowda tower and Kempabuddhi lake	Precinct 1 : Gavi Gangadeshwari temple with Kempegowda tower and Kempabuddhi lake	Precinct 1 : Gavi Gangadeshwari temple with Kempegowda tower and Kempabuddhi lake	Precinct 1 : Gavi Gangadeshwari temple with Kempegowda tower and Kempabuddhi lake	Precinct 1 : Gavi Gangadeshwari temple with Kempegowda tower and Kempabuddhi lake	Precinct 1 : Gavi Gangadeshwari temple with Kempegowda tower and Kempabuddhi lake
Built Heritage	Built Heritage	Built Heritage	Built Heritage	Built Heritage	Built Heritage
1	Gavi Gangadhareshwara	Gavipura, Kempegowda Nagar	155	Hanumanth Nagar	Public
Sl. No.	Name of Heritage Site	Location	Ward no.	Ward name	Type of Building
	Temple - State Protected
2	Harihara TEMPLE	Near Ramakrishna Math	155	Hanumanth Nagar	Public
3	Jalakanteshwara Temple	Gavipuram	155	Hanumanth Nagar	Public
4	Kempegowda tower - State Protected	Gavipuram	155	Hanumanth Nagar	Public
Precinct 2: Basavanagudi Settlement along with KR Park.	Precinct 2: Basavanagudi Settlement along with KR Park.

4.3 Regulations for Gavipuram, Basavanagudi and VV Puram Heritage Zone

Regulations for Gavipuram, Basavanagudi and VV Puram Heritage Zone are given in Table 6.

Aspects of Regulation	Gavipuram, Basavanagudi and VV Puram Heritage Zone (Common Regulations)	Additional Regulations for Precinct 1: Gavi Gangadeshwari temple with Kempegowda tower and Kempabuddhi lake	Additional Regulations for Precinct 2: Basavanagudi Settlement along with KR Park.
Regulations for all the Listed Heritage Sites in the particular heritage zone	Internal changes or adaptive reuse is allowed, extension to existing heritage sites, additional buildings in the open spaces / parking areas of the listed heritage sites is allowed provided it is in harmony with the architectural style and shall not detract from the heritage building with prior NOC of Authority / Heritage Committee. No new buildings in Lalbagh gardens extents. Additional regulations for State Protected Buildings of Kempe Gowda's Watch Towers in Gavipuram; GaviGangadehswara Temple, Malikarjuna Temple at Bull temple road, and Venkataramanaswam y temple at VV Puram: Area adjacent to the monument, 100 m is prohibited area and 200 m is regulated area from mining activities and other construction activities. The existing building line to be maintained	Additional Regulation Area: Upto a distance of 30 m along the Lakshmipura main road, 5th main road, Bagappa road, Devanathachar street and Sameerpura main road for new development for non-heritage buildings allowed but limited to 12 m from ground level or G+3 after clearance from Authority/ Heritage Committee.	Additional Regulation area: Upto a distance of 22 m or one property depth, whichever is lesser, along the either side of diagonal roads of Gandhi Bazaar street, Krishnarao road, Patalamma temple road, Subbaram Chetty road and the RV road, new development for non-heritage buildings allowed , but limited to 21 m in height after clearance from Authority/ Heritage Committee. Upto a distance of 35m or one property depth which is ever is less, along the either side of KR Road, BP Wadia, Dewan Madhav Rao road, Kankapura road new development for non-heritage buildings allowed , but limited to 21 m in height after clearance from Authority/ Heritage Committee. In rest of the Basavanagudi residential settlement, the building height is limited to 12 m. The existing building line to be maintained for any new construction for all roads in this heritage precinct.
	for any new construction for all roads in this heritage zone.
Infrastructure Upgradation