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[[File:A Hanuman temple at the entrance to the Avenue road in Bangalore.JPG|thumb|A temple at the entrance of Avenue Road]]
[[File:In Bangalore (Canarese Chapel on the right). Illustration for Conquests of the Cross, A Record of Missionary Work throughout the World edited by Edwin Hodder (Cassell, c 1890).jpg|thumb|In Bangalore (Canarese Chapel on the right), 1890<ref name=Hodder>{{cite book|last1=Hodder|first1=Edwin|title=Conquests of the Cross, A Record of Missionary Work throughout the World: Vol. 3: Special Edition|date=1890|publisher=Cassell and Company Limited|location=London|page=[https://archive.org/details/conquestsofcross03hodd/page/325 325]|url=https://archive.org/details/conquestsofcross03hodd|access-date=23 October 2015}}</ref>]]
[[File:The Main Street of the Pettah, Bangalore - Copy.jpg|thumb|right|The Main Street of the Pettah, Bangalore, 1890<ref name=ERice>{{cite book|last1=Rice|first1=Edward Peter|title=Benjamin Rice or Fifty years in the Master's Service|date=1890|publisher=London Mission Religious Tract Society|location=Piccadilly|pages=[https://archive.org/details/benjaminriceorfi00rice/page/192 192]|url=https://archive.org/details/benjaminriceorfi00rice|access-date=22 October 2015}}</ref>]]

'''Avenue Road''' is a busy [[shopping]] and commercial street in [[Bangalore]],<ref>[http://www.karnataka.com/tourism/bangalore/ Bangalore | Bengaluru | Garden City | Bangalore Tourism | Silicon Valley Of India]</ref> the state capital of [[Karnataka]], [[India]]. It is located in [[Chickpet]] and runs through the heart of the city. It also connects the [[Mysore Road]] and K G Road in the city. It is in close proximity to [[Majestic bus station]] and [[Bangalore City Railway station]].

Earlier, Avenue Road was known as ''Doddapete''.<ref>[http://www.discoverbangalore.com/granite.htm Bangalore - Information]</ref>

Avenue Road is known for its traditional trade in used books, garments and textiles, jewellery and pawn brokering.

Standing on Avenue Road, [[Bengaluru Pete|Bangalore Pete]] is also the [[Rice Memorial Church, Bangalore]], named after Rev. Benjamin Holt Rice, a missionary of the [[London Missionary Society]] (LMS), a [[Kannada|Canarese]] scholar and a pioneer of education in the [[Bengaluru Pete|Bangalore Pete]] region. The Church stands on the grounds of the London Mission Canarese Chapel which was established in 1834, by William Campbell.<ref name=Aliyeh>{{cite web|last1=Rizvi|first1=Aliyeh|title=A Walk Down Avenue Road|url=https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2011/02/27/a-temple-a-church-and-a-shrine-on-avenue-road/|website=A Turquoise Cloud|access-date=22 October 2015|date=27 February 2011}}</ref><ref name=Kumar-TOI>{{cite news|last1=Kumar|first1=G S|title=A Parichay with Avenue Rd’s heritage|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/A-Parichay-with-Avenue-Rds-heritage/articleshow/46205054.cms|access-date=22 October 2015|issue=Bangalore|publisher=Times of India|date=12 February 2015}}</ref><ref name=BRice>{{cite web|title=Benjamin Rice|url=http://ricesinindia.info/?page_id=24|website=Rices In India: A family devoted to India for 100 years|access-date=22 October 2015}}</ref><ref name=Gourley>{{cite web|last1=Gourley|first1=B|title=Daily Photo: Rice Memorial Church|url=http://berniegourley.com/2013/09/17/daily-photo-rice-memorial-church/|website=Stories & Movement: The Sum of a Life|access-date=22 October 2015}}</ref><ref name=ET>{{cite news|title=Earlier known as Doddapete, Avenue Road could be as old as Bengaluru|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-03-26/news/60515894_1_avenue-road-ranganathaswamy-temple-old-city|access-date=22 October 2015|agency=ET Bureau|issue=Bangalore|publisher=The Economic Times|date=26 March 2015}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Bengaluru Pete]]
* [[Rice Memorial Church, Bangalore]]

==References==
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==External links==

{{Bangalore topics}}

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[[Category:Roads in Bangalore]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Bangalore]]
[[Category:Shopping districts and streets in India]]

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Avenue Road, Bangalore - Revision history

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