The design of GPO building is a mixture of traditional and modern architecture. The podium and the sides of the building are of fine chiseled stone masonry with huge pillars and corridors in the front. The central hall has an imposing height of 28 feet.
The building has three domes, cast in R.C.C. and veneered with stones. Two of them are small and one on the above the front side of the building is very huge.
In Oct 1988, Govt of India released 4 stamps on monumental postal buildings. One of them was on Bangalore G.P.O.
Wow , nice pictures and some really interesting information .
ReplyDeleteIndigenous architecture anywhere is a noble expression of place such as here!
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It is a fine architecture!
ReplyDeleteAnd I thought this was another temple! It's quite magnificent for a government building! Love that first photo especially...
ReplyDeleteWould be a pleasure to go into a post office like this one.
ReplyDeleteI think I passed this building when visiting Bangalore last year. Nice knowing about it!
ReplyDeleteIt is a very interesting building!
ReplyDeleteA wonderful dome!
ReplyDeleteThe architecture is very intricate!
ReplyDeleteNice shots!
Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful building. Is the older part British influenced? Its always nice to be honored with a stamp too. Nicely done!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful building, it looks also very functional. Wonderful the stamp too.
ReplyDeleteLovely skies and what an impressive post office!! I love the stamp, too! Terrific captures for the day, Rajesh, as always! Hope you and your family have a great weekend!
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Great looking building, although I like the temples better. Boom & gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful building.
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lovely shots Rajesh.
ReplyDeleteVery beautiful photos for SWF,Rajesh!Well done!Have a nice weekend!
ReplyDeletevery interesting. it's a pity that our postal department is losing so much money because people aren't using the postal service like they used to.
ReplyDeleteWhat a pretty sky in the first photo, Rajesh.
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That's a magnificent looking post office.
ReplyDeleteVery lovely!
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Beautiful photos, Rajesh! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful post office, ours are all generic modern buildings.
ReplyDeletea beautiful building!
ReplyDeleteThe blue tint of the the sky is a great accent for those clouds!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful shots. Happy sky watching.
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Nice photos, yes, a beautiful building with a dome.
ReplyDeletethe 2nd shot is interesting!
ReplyDeleteah! the number of times we cross this building in a month!
ReplyDeletedidnt know some of the facts about it though
Nice to have have stamps with the beautiful building. Have a nice weekend.
ReplyDeleteThis is a magnificent building. It's very appropriate that it was honored by being an image on a stamp.
ReplyDeleteThat is a lovely building, and I like the composition of your first one, with the dome of the roof against the pretty sky.
ReplyDeleteWonderful building
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like the postage stamp, most of our post office have died.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful building. Great shots.
ReplyDeleteA nice building for a GPO.
ReplyDeleteInteresting -- and quite different from the older (much older) architecture we usually see here Rajesh!
ReplyDeleteThis GPO building came up in the eighties. Before that GPO was housed in an old British style bungalow - unfortunately that heritage building was demolished to make way for the present GPO.
ReplyDeleteThank you all for the appreciation.
ReplyDeletewow! an engineering marvel indeed.
ReplyDeleteThat's a grand landmark, actually; One that we forget to look at when we busily pass by.
ReplyDeleteThank you all for appreciation.
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