Attara Kacheri

Attara Kacheri
Attara Kacheri
	West façade, facing Dr. B R Ambedkar Road
Former names	Public Offices Building
Alternative names	Karnataka High Court Building
General information
Architectural style	Neo-classical
Location	Cubbon Park, Bangalore, Karnataka
Country	India
Construction started	1864
Completed	1868
Cost	Rs. 4,27,980
Technical details
Material	Gneiss and brick in chunam
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Richard Hieram Sankey
Main contractor	Arcot Narrainswamy Mudaliar
Other information
Public transit access	BMTC bus stops:; Vidhana Soudha; Vidhana Soudha metro station; M. S. Building; Namma Metro:; Dr. B.R. Ambedkar station, Vidhana Soudha metro station;

Attara Kacheri (Kannada pronunciation: [ˌʌˈtɑːrɑː kəˈtʃeːrɪ] ^ⓘ, formerly the Public Offices Building) in Bangalore, India is the seat of the principal bench of the Karnataka High Court, the highest judicial authority in the state of Karnataka. It is a neoclassical red-painted stone and brick building in Cubbon Park, located on Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Road opposite the Vidhana Soudha. It previously housed the secretariat of the princely state of Mysore and then that of independent India's Mysore State.

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