While Bangalore may be better known internationally for its
Software Technology Parks, a rather large number of public parks with varied plant content do dot the city, and provide valuable infrastructure for exercising and socialization. Lal Bagh and Cubbon Park, of course, are two of the more famous ones. The few of them I visited in recent years are indeed very well designed to encourage walking, or jogging, as a means of exercise for the local inhabitants. The photo depicted on the right is a morning scene from
Dhanvantari Park in J P Nagar 2nd Phase, in the southern part of Bangalore.
A morning walk in such a park can be refreshing in more than one way. The obvious physical
benefits of exercising before a breakfast is, of course, well-known. An unstated rule in most of these parks (with endless walkways) is to go clockwise from where you can enter the walkway. This is perhaps an influence of how devotees go about doing
pradakshina in Indian temples.
In addition, in a morning walk in a place like the Dhanvantari Park, you see additional entertainment and intellectual benefits as well:
