Bangalore: Vidhana Soudha

Built to house the Secretariat and the State Legislature of Karnataka, the Vidhana Soudha is Bengaluru’s most imposing building. It was constructed by convicts in 1954 and is a classic example of the Neo-Dravidian style, which fuses elements of European neo-classical design with onion domes and Mughal flourishes. As this is a working government building, you can only look from the outside.