Freedom Park , Bangalore

The Freedom Park of Bangalore, is a park located on Sesahdri Road, opposite Maharani College in the Central Business District of the city of Bangalore.

The Freedom Park was earlier the Bangalore city’s Central Jail  was built in 1866 by the British.. It was opened to the public in November 2008. The jail has housed many illustrious leaders who fought for the freedom of our nation and for restoration of democracy during the emergency regime post independence.

The design of the park was selected through a national level competition initiated by Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). Architect couple Soumitro Ghosh and Nisha Mathew Ghosh won the competition and the park has been developed based on their design on a budget of Rs.17.35 crores.

The main objective of the park is to create green cover and lung space in the heart of the city without diluting the historical significance of the location. As a result, a beautiful multi-use urban park with a state-of-the-art information corridor, cultural and leisure joints, children’s play areas, light and sound shows etc. has come up on the sprawling 15-acre area of the erstwhile central jail of Bangalore. A dedicated space for holding protests and rallies, on the lines of Hyde Park in London, was proposed on an area of 6 acres as a solution to the traffic concerns that protests and rallies in the city center trigger. The most beautiful aspect of the park is the vision of architects in creating volumes of space using light while providing all necessary amenities to the public.

Location of Freedom Park , Bangalore