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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Agara<br />
| settlement_type = suburb<br />
| image_skyline = Anjaneya Swamy Idol beside Puri Jagannath Temple at Agara.JPG<br />
| image_caption = Puri Jagannath's temple and huge Hanuman statue at Agara<br />
| map_caption = <br />
| pushpin_map = India Bangalore<br />
| pushpin_label_position = right<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|12|55|28|N|77|38|59|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = India<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Karnataka]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Bangalore Urban district|Bangalore Urban]]<br />
| subdivision_type3 = Metro<br />
| subdivision_name3 = Bangalore<br />
| subdivision_type4 = [[Taluka]]<br />
| subdivision_name4 = Bangalore South<br />
| established_title = <!-- Established --><br />
| established_date = 1806<br />
| governing_body = [[BBMP]]<br />
| unit_pref = Metric<br />
| area_total_km2 = <br />
| elevation_footnotes = <br />
| elevation_m = <br />
| population_footnotes = <br />
| population_total = <br />
| population_as_of = 2001<br />
| population_density_km2 = auto<br />
| demographics_type1 = Languages<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Kannada]]<br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]<br />
| postal_code = 560102<br />
| area_code_type = Telephone code<br />
| area_code = 91-80<br />
| registration_plate = KA 01<br />
| blank1_name_sec1 = Nearest city<br />
| blank1_info_sec1 = Bangalore<br />
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency<br />
| blank2_info_sec1 = Bangalore South<br />
| blank3_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency<br />
| blank3_info_sec1 = Bommanahalli<br />
| blank4_name_sec1 = Civic agency<br />
| blank4_info_sec1 = Village Panchayat (formerly), now under [[BBMP]]<br />
| website = <br />
}}<br />
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''' Agara, Bengaluru '''is a [[panchayat village]] in the [[South India|southern]] state of [[Karnataka]], [[India]].<ref name="censusindia">2001 Census Village code= 2061100, {{cite web|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Village_Directory/List_of_Villages/List_of_Villages_Alphabetical.aspx?cki=&State_Code=29&SearchKey=A|title=Census of India : List of Villages Alphabetical Order - Karnataka - A|work=Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|page=12|access-date=2008-12-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150608213224/http://censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Village_Directory/List_of_Villages/List_of_Villages_Alphabetical.aspx?cki=&State_Code=29&SearchKey=A|archive-date=8 June 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Reports of National Panchayat Directory: List of Census Villages mapped for: Agara Gram Panchayat,Bangalore South, Bengaluru Urban, Karnataka |publisher=Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India |url=http://panchayatdirectory.gov.in/adminreps/viewGPmapcvills.asp?gpcode=218400&rlbtype=V |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130212224133/http://panchayatdirectory.gov.in/adminreps/viewGPmapcvills.asp?gpcode=218400&rlbtype=V |archive-date=2013-02-12 }}</ref><ref name="yahoomaps">{{cite web|url=http://in.maps.yahoo.com |title=Yahoo! maps India |access-date=2009-04-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218082545/http://in.maps.yahoo.com/ |archive-date=2008-12-18 }} Agara (Bangalore South), Bangalore, Karnataka</ref> It is located in the [[Bangalore South]] [[taluk]] of [[Bangalore Urban district]] in Karnataka, on [[Outer Ring Road, Bangalore|Outer Ring Road]], near [[Koramangala]] and [[HSR Layout]]. The Agara Bus Stop connects Koramangla with [[ITPL]], [[Varthur]], etc. Agara is notable for the Agara lake, as well as for being a locus of spiritual sites, containing temples dedicated to [[Jagannath|Shri Jagannatha]], [[Hanuman|Shri Hanuman]], [[Rama|Shri Ram]] and [[Sita]] as well as [[Radha Krishna|Radha-Krishna]], [[Shiva]]-[[Parvati]], [[Ayyappan|Ayyapa]], [[Durga|Durga Parmeshwari]] and [[Lakshmi|Shri Lakshmi]], as well as a [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]] mosque. The [[Anjaneya|Abhayanjaneya]] Temple is particularly well known for its colossal statue of [[Hanuman]] which, remarkably, stands [[Hindu–Muslim unity|right next to the mosque]]. After winning the [[Srirangapatna|Shrirangapattan]] [[Fourth Anglo-Mysore War|war]], the British moved their army to Bangalore. During the British period, it was one of the biggest army cantonments in South Asia. Madras Engineer Groups operated from Agara.<br />
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