How Pandemics Shaped Bangalore

<div>In 1792, the British departed from Srirangapatna near Mysore to Bangalore for a rather strange reason - To escape the mosquitos. But that wasnt the only deadly thing that shaped the future of Bangalore. This week, in the fourth episode of Exploring your backyard, we turn our eye towards Bengaluru, and how pandemics came to shape the city in ways we could not imagine. Dive in to understand how they gave birth to new areas like Basavanagudi, gave rise to a goddess and her temple, and its connection to an absolutely strange kind of peanuts, all of which you could experience even today. </div><p><br></p><div>Check out the other episodes on Bombay </div><div>Colaba, Mark Twain and Dr. Ambedkar: <a href="https://ivm.today/342dDWM" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span data-auto-link="true" data-href="https://ivm.today/342dDWM">https://ivm.today/342dDWM</span></a></div><div>Dadar, Railways and Outer Space: </div><a href="https://ivm.today/3xuayw9Cotton" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span data-auto-link="true" data-href="https://ivm.today/3xuayw9Cotton"><div>https://ivm.today/3xuayw9</div><div>Cotton</div></span></a><div> Green, American Civil War and Rise of Bombay: </div><a href="https://ivm.today/3oWu54QYou" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" true" data-href="https://ivm.today/3oWu54QYou"><div>https://ivm.today/3oWu54Q</div><p><br></p><div>You</div></span></a><div> can check previous episodes of Dark Tourism on IVM Podcasts website </div><div></div><a href="https://ivm.today/3xuayw9You" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" true" data-href="https://ivm.today/3xuayw9You"><div>https://ivm.today/3xuayw9</div><p><br></p><div>You</div></span></a><div> can reach out to our host Utsav on Instagram: @whywetravel42</div><div>(https://www.instagram.com/whywetravel42)</div><p><br></p><div>You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: <a href="https://ivm.today/android" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span data-auto-link="true" data-href="