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{{short description|Anglican church in Karnataka, India}}
{{use Indian English|date=May 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}

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| location = [[Bangalore Urban]], [[Karnataka]]
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| dedicated date = 8 August 1852
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'''Holy Trinity Church''', located at Trinity circle at the east end of the [[M G Road, Bangalore|MG Road]], is an [[Anglican]] church and a major landmark in Bengaluru. It was built in 1851, for the British Regiment stationed there. Built in the [[English Renaissance]] style, the church can accommodate 700 people and is regarded as the largest "military" church in southern India. It has a congregation of over 450 families<ref name="TrinityChurchRededicated"/>

==History==
The [[East India Company]] decided to build a second church in Bangalore after protests from local English regiment in Bangalore.<ref name="ChurchillPrayedHere"/> Bishop Corrie chose the spot of the church. The foundation stone was laid on 16 February 1848.
The walls were lined with ornate marble murals and tablets, which spoke about great men and women who toiled for the church.<ref name="TrinityChurchRededicated"/> Some of these statues were specially carved in England. Rev W W Lutyens designed the furnishing and embellishments. Mears Foundry of London cast the bell of the church, in 1847. The pulpit and pipe organ were also built in London. The pipe organ was later sold to a congregation of the [[Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church]]. The stained glass, depicting the baptism of Jesus in splendid color, and the baptismal pond were brought from London.<ref name="BangaloreOrbit"/> Queen Victoria's own West Kent Regiment presented the cross, in memory of those who died when the unit was based in Bangalore.

The church was consecrated on 25 July 1852 and opened on 8 August 1852. The original estimate of the construction was {{INR convert|27000|}}. However, the archdeacon suggested improvements at an additional cost of {{INR convert|6500|}}.

After Independence, the church was taken over by the Christian Indian Military personnel and their families.<ref name="TrinityChurchRededicated"/> It was called Holy Trinity Garrison Pastorate then. In 1965, it was renamed as Holy Trinity Church, by the Mysore Diocese of the [[Church of South India]].<ref name="ChurchillPrayedHere"/> It was renovated at the cost of around {{INR convert|25|l}} in 2003<ref name="TrinityChurchRededicated"/>

==Vintage Gallery==
<gallery class="center" widths="200px" heights="150px">
File:Holy Trinity, Bangalore (Penny, 1922, p.215).png|Holy Trinity Church, Bangalore (1922), from Rev. Frank Penny's Book 'The Church in Madras, Volume III'<ref name=Penny>{{cite book|last1=Penny|first1=Frank|title=The Church in Madras : being the History of the Ecclesiastical and Missionary Action of the East India Company in the Presidency of Madras From 1835 to 1861: Volume III|date=1922|publisher=John Murray|location=London|page=[https://archive.org/details/churchinmadrasbe03penn/page/154 154]|url=https://archive.org/details/churchinmadrasbe03penn|accessdate=9 February 2015}}</ref>
</gallery>

==References==
<references>

<ref name="ChurchillPrayedHere">[https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/churchill-prayed-here/articleshow/21683934.cms Churchill prayed here] [[Bangalore Mirror]]</ref>
<ref name="BangaloreOrbit">[http://www.bangaloreorbit.com/bangaloredarshan/church-in-bangalore/holy-trinity-church-mg-road-christian.html Trinity Church]</ref>
<ref name="TrinityChurchRededicated">[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/trinity-church-rededicated/articleshow/922742.cms Trinity church rededicated] [[The Times of India]]</ref>

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==External links==
{{Commons category|Holy Trinity Church, Bengaluru}}

[[Category:Bangalore Civil and Military Station]]
[[Category:Church of South India church buildings in India]]
[[Category:Churches in Bengaluru]]
[[Category:History of Bengaluru]]
[[Category:Churches completed in 1851]]
[[Category:19th-century Anglican church buildings in India]]
[[Category:1851 establishments in India]]

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