Aug 31 2025 to Aug 31 2025 5 p.m.

Price: 100 Book/Buy

Where

Courtyard Koota

Ground floor, Good Earth Tarana Good Earth Malhar, near Rajarajeswari medical college Kambipura, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560074

Event Description

The Reason Why Bangalore Exists

with Ramjee Chandran

Most great cities rise near rivers, coastlines, or natural crossroads — places that invite settlement, trade, and connection. Bangalore is none of these. It sits high on a rocky plateau, far from any major waterway and far from easy access.
And yet, it exists. Not only that — it thrives.
In this fascinating lecture, Ramjee Chandran — writer, podcaster, and host of The History of Bangalore — peels back the layers of myth and memory to explore the true origins of the city we call home. Drawing from years of historical research and epigraphic evidence, Chandran invites us to look beyond the colonial cantonment and Kempe Gowda’s watchtowers, deep into the terrain, trade routes, and taxation systems that shaped this unlikely urban outpost.
Much of this deeply researched material comes from Chandran’s forthcoming book, The History of Bangalore — a work that challenges long-held assumptions and reframes the city’s past through the lens of trade, movement, and power.
This is not a tale of kings and conquests. It’s the story of ambition and accumulation — of merchants, markets, and the making of permanence.

ABOUT RAMJEE CHANDRAN
Ramjee Chandran is host of the hugely popular “The History of Bangalore” podcast. He has been a writer and magazine editor for over three decades. His novel "For No Reason At All" a gripping true events thinly disguised as fiction, was released in early 2025. The book has received critical acclaim. He is presently working on his next book, "The History of Bangalore". He plays jazz guitar at the professional level and says that he plays chess with unusual mediocrity.
Twitter and Instagram: @ramjeechandran
Profile: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramjee_Chandran