Car Park, Bommanahalli

On our way for a quick birding trip at Basapura Lake, we were crossing Bommanahalli when our attention was caught by a car-pillar.

The car pillar, road to Basapura kere, 190619

We quickly stopped to take a photo, and when I put it up on my FB page, I got several details….this is a park, with an RTO (Regional Traffic Office) nearby, where people come to take driving tests. It’s just referred to as a “Car Park”, which I thought a nice pun!

My friend Vidhya Sundar says there are many creations here, made from waste. She sent me this photograph of the plaque which gives the names of the cars in the pillar:

On our way back home, we saw the pillar illuminated:

The park apparently has a lot of art creations made from waste. It was an interesting find!

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