Silicon valley of India, pub capital of India, garden city, refer to it by any sobriquet you will, Bangalore still remains a charming city, seducing travellers with a heady mix of tradition and modernity. Bangalore, or the fairly-recent moniker Bengaluru, owes its existence to Kempe Gowda who founded the city, establishing it as one of the important hubs of the Vijanagara Empire. Colonial invasion by the British gave it the status of a cantonment. Since independence, Bangalore has been serving as the capital city of the southern state of Karnataka. Read on for more…