Lovely Cubbon Park is located in the heart of the Indian city of Bangalore, and is considered to be his "light." The park was founded in 1864 but officially opened in 1870, on the initiative of Major-General Richard Sankey, who at that time was not only the head of the British city, but also the chief engineer of the State of Mysore.

Initially, the park was named "Meads Park" in honor of Sir John Mead, acting commissioner of Mysore state, but almost immediately was renamed "Cubbon Park," named after Sir Mark Cubbon - the man, the Acting Commissioner for the longest time. But in 1927 the park changed its name again. This time he got the name "Sri Chamaradzhendra Park" in honor of the 25th anniversary of the reign of Mysore Sri Krishnaraja Vadeyara controlling Mysore in the XIX century. It was under him and laid the foundation of the park. Yet most know this place was named "Cubbon."

When you create a park covers an area of ​​about 0.4 square kilometers, now its territory has expanded to 1.2 square kilometers. In total, there are about Cubbon 96 different species of trees, shrubs and flowers, including local - Cassia fistula, ficus, polialtiya, breadfruit, etc .; Exotic plants in the park are found kashtanospermum, bamboo, Araucaria, schinus soft and others. This year round the park is full of flowers and greenery, and the presence of a still open stage where a band plays often and amazing lotus pond, making it truly unique and favorite vacation spot of both visitors and residents of Bangalore.

The park is not just a garden, it is a set of lush vegetation, magnificent buildings, sculptures and monuments to famous people. It laid a large number of both highways (but the park is allowed to enter only the small-sized cars) and hiking trails, which, especially in the morning, visitors like to walk.

Almost in the center of Cubbon is a magnificent bright red building Attar Katscher. Today, it is the Supreme Court. Also at the park is full of other institutions, such as: City Public Library (Seshadri Lier Memorial Hall), the State, and technological museums, the aquarium (it is considered the second largest in India), an art gallery Venkatappa, State Youth Centre Yavanika, Cheshire Dyer Memorial Hall , a children's amusement park Jawahar Bal Bhavan and others.

Also in the park are monuments to Queen Victoria (1906), King Edward VII (1919), Major-General Sir Mark Cubbon, Sri Chamaradzhendra Vadeyaru (1927) and Sir K. Seshadri Liera (1913).