Attara Kacheri, State High Court in Cubbon Park, Bengaluru, India
Attara Kacheri is a two-story neoclassical building in Cubbon Park, Bengaluru, built from gneiss and lime plaster. It sits directly opposite Vidhana Soudha and features ionic porticoes on its facade, with courtrooms and administrative offices inside.
The building was completed in 1868 to house the administrative departments of the Mysore princely state. Over time it was converted into the Karnataka High Court, a role it still holds today.
The name "Attara Kacheri" comes from Hindustani and means roughly "eighteen offices", referring directly to how the building was first used. It still functions as an active court today, and lawyers in black robes can often be seen walking through its corridors and grounds.
The building is inside Cubbon Park and easy to reach on foot from central Bengaluru. Since it is an active court, access inside is limited, but the exterior and its facade are fully visible from the park grounds.
The building survived two separate attempts to demolish it, and in the 1980s the first public interest litigation in Karnataka was filed specifically to protect it. That legal case is now considered a turning point in how the region thinks about protecting old buildings.
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