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Ep. 87: How Pandemics Shaped Bangalore
Postcards From Nowhere with Utsav Mamoria
English - June 03, 2021 00:35 - 9 minutes - 8.67 MB - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsPlaces & Travel Society & Culture Personal Journals adventures country culture food history instatravel ivm ivmpodcasts natgeo natgeotravellar Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In 1792, the British departed from Srirangapatna near Mysore to Bangalore for a rather strange reason - To escape the mosquitos. But that wasnt the only deadly thing that shaped the future of Bangalore. This week, in the fourth episode of Exploring your backyard, we turn our eye towards Bengaluru, and how pandemics came to shape the city in ways we could not imagine. Dive in to understand how they gave birth to new areas like Basavanagudi, gave rise to a goddess and her temple, and its connection to an absolutely strange kind of peanuts, all of which you could experience even today.