Bengaluru Urban District
Karnataka's capital district and the seat of the state's postal circle.
Ashoka Pillar
Bengaluru Urban
A replica of the Ashokan lion capital at a landmark Jayanagar traffic circle, invoking Emperor Ashoka's Mauryan legacy and India's national emblem at the heart of one of Bengaluru's oldest planned localities.
Stamp at: Jayanagar Post Office
Bannerghatta National Park Butterfly Sanctuary
Bengaluru Urban
A netted butterfly enclosure inside Bannerghatta's 260 sq km protected forest on Bengaluru's southern edge — the closest wildlife stop on the passport trail to the state capital.
Stamp at: Bannerghatta Post Office
Beaulieu Heritage Mansion
Bengaluru Urban
A colonial-era heritage mansion in Bengaluru's civic core, standing amid the cluster of nineteenth- and twentieth-century public buildings that line Ambedkar Veedhi near the seat of Karnataka's government.
Stamp at: Ambedkar Veedhi Post Office
Indian Institute of Science - IISc
Bengaluru Urban
India's premier research institute, founded in 1909 with the backing of Jamsetji Tata, that trained C.V. Raman and generations of scientists and seeded much of the country's modern research infrastructure.
Stamp at: IISc Post Office
ISRO Headquarters Landmark
Bengaluru Urban
Antariksh Bhavan, headquarters of the Indian Space Research Organisation since 1969, the coordinating nerve centre behind India's satellite, launch vehicle, and interplanetary missions.
Stamp at: ISRO Post Office
Kempegowda Tower
Bengaluru Urban
One of the four sixteenth-century watchtowers built by Kempegowda I to mark Bengaluru's original city boundary, now a symbol of the city's founding and a protected heritage structure in Basavanagudi.
Stamp at: Basavanagudi Post Office
Lalbagh Botanical Garden Watch Tower
Bengaluru Urban
A Kempegowda-era watchtower atop Lalbagh's granite outcrop, standing within a 240-acre botanical garden begun by Hyder Ali and expanded by Tipu Sultan into one of Asia's finest.
Stamp at: Lalbagh Post Office
Sandesh Museum of Communication
Bengaluru Urban
India's first dedicated postal heritage museum, run by India Post itself, tracing the evolution of communication in India from runner-relay mail to modern electronic services.
Stamp at: Museum Road Post Office
Vidhana Soudha
Bengaluru Urban
The granite seat of Karnataka's state legislature, built in 1956 in a Neo-Dravidian style to assert Indian architectural identity after independence, and the ceremonial anchor of Bengaluru's civic core.
Stamp at: Bengaluru GPO
Virupakshapura Ancient Inscription Stones
Bengaluru Urban
A cluster of ancient hero stones and inscription slabs near Kodigehalli, quietly recording the medieval land grants and local memorials of the villages that once stood where north Bengaluru now sprawls.
Stamp at: Kodigehalli Post Office