The property file
About The LaLiT Ashok Bengaluru
The LaLiT Ashok is the old Hotel Ashok, and it still sits on the land that made it: ten acres of gardens and lawns at Kumara Krupa High Grounds, backing onto the Bangalore Golf Club, three kilometres from the railway station and about forty-five minutes from the airport. Very little else in the city centre has that much open ground attached to a five-star hotel. For a wedding that is the whole argument. Guests arrive without crossing Bengaluru, and the property is large enough that the celebration does not feel like it is happening in a hotel corridor.
Indoors the hotel publishes more than 55,000 sq ft across six named venues, and the grading is unusual. Kalinga is 10,800 sq ft and pillar-less, a rare thing in this city, because no columns means the room can be laid out around your design rather than around its structure. Siddhartha is 6,700 sq ft, the Grand Ballroom 3,696 sq ft with its own pre-function area, and Lalit 3 & 4 and Lalit 1 & 2 sit at 2,812 and 2,624 sq ft on the first floor for the smaller functions. A 525 sq ft board room takes fifteen.
The hotel publishes its rooms by area rather than headcount: only Lalit 1 & 2 carries a stated figure, up to 100 guests. For Kalinga and the lawns, ask for the seated capacity of your specific layout in writing, because a seated dinner with a stage, a dance floor and service aisles needs far more floor than a standing reception, and on a property with this much room the right layout is there to be chosen.
- 10 acres of landscaped gardens and lawns in the middle of Bengaluru, at Kumara Krupa High Grounds
- Over 55,000 sq ft of banquet and conference space across six named venues (hotel's own figure)
- Kalinga is 10,800 sq ft and pillar-less (the hotel's meetings page)
- 184 suites and rooms, looking over either the Bangalore Golf Club or the hotel pool
- 32 km / about 45 minutes from Kempegowda International Airport; 3 km from the railway station
- Six restaurants and bars on site — 24/7, OKO, Baluchi, Alfresco, KittyKo and Sutra – The Lounge
The LaLiT Ashok Bangalore: venue facts
| Address | The LaLiT Ashok Bangalore is at The LaLiT Ashok Bangalore, Kumara Krupa High Grounds, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560001, India. |
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| Area | The LaLiT Ashok Bangalore is in Kumara Krupa High Grounds, central Bengaluru. |
| Venue type | The LaLiT Ashok Bangalore is a hotel wedding venue in the 5-star tier. |
| Group | The LaLiT Ashok Bangalore is operated by The LaLiT Suri Hospitality Group. |
| Capacity | The LaLiT Ashok Bangalore is listed for from 15 guests across its function spaces. |
| Guest rooms | The LaLiT Ashok Bangalore has 184 guest rooms on site. |
| Function spaces | The LaLiT Ashok Bangalore has 7 named function spaces: Kalinga, Siddhartha, The Grand Ballroom, Lalit 3 & 4, Lalit 1 & 2, Board Room, Lawns and gardens. |
| Airport distance | The LaLiT Ashok Bangalore is about 32 km from Kempegowda International Airport. |
| City centre distance | The LaLiT Ashok Bangalore is about 5.1 km from central Bangalore. |
| Landmark | The LaLiT Ashok Bangalore is close to Kempegowda International Airport 32 km / about 45 minutes, railway station 3 km / about 4 minutes, trade fair grounds 3 km — all figures from the hotel's own meetings and events page. The hotel backs onto the Bangalore Golf Club, which is what the golf-view rooms look at.. |
| Decorator policy | The LaLiT Ashok Bangalore's decorator policy: Not published. The hotel's guest policy does not permit outside food and beverage or other external services (checked 25 October 2026), so get written approval for your decor studio, with load-in hours and fire rules, before you commit to a design. |
| Catering policy | The LaLiT Ashok Bangalore's catering policy: In-house. The hotel's own wedding and events pages describe curated gourmet menus and its signature restaurants for wedding guests; no outside-catering permission is published. Confirm in writing. |
| Reviews | The LaLiT Ashok Bangalore is rated 4.3 from 26781 reviews on Google, as stated on the hotel's own weddings page, checked 2026-09-11. |
Listed guest ranges cover several spaces and layouts; they are not a seated guarantee for the hall you choose. Confirm every figure in a written proposal for your date.
Every function needs its own room
Function spaces at The LaLiT Ashok Bengaluru
| Space | Type | Seated | Sq ft | Air-conditioned | Indoor or outdoor | Source and check date | Notes |
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| Kalinga | hall | — | 10,800 | Yes | Indoor | Sources below, checked 25 Oct 2026 | Pillar-less, and by area the largest banquet space in the hotel by a wide margin. The hotel describes it for large-scale weddings, exhibitions and receptions but publishes no headcount — ask for the seated figure for your layout. |
| Siddhartha | hall | — | 6,700 | Yes | Indoor | Sources below, checked 25 Oct 2026 | The hotel positions it for exhibitions, conferences and medium-to-large events. No headcount published. |
| The Grand Ballroom | hall | — | 3,696 | Yes | Indoor | Sources below, checked 25 Oct 2026 | With its own pre-function area. The hotel positions it for ceremonies, receptions and cocktail evenings at intimate to mid-size scale. |
| Lalit 3 & 4 | hall | — | 2,812 | Yes | Indoor | Sources below, checked 25 Oct 2026 | First floor. For intimate wedding functions, family gatherings and pre-wedding ceremonies. |
| Lalit 1 & 2 | hall | 100 | 2,624 | Yes | Indoor | Sources below, checked 25 Oct 2026 | First floor. The hotel states it accommodates up to 100 guests — the only space with a published headcount. |
| Board Room | hall | 15 | 525 | Yes | Indoor | Sources below, checked 25 Oct 2026 | Up to 15 guests. A family meeting or a signing room rather than a function space. |
| Lawns and gardens | lawn | — | — | No | Outdoor | Sources below, checked 25 Oct 2026 | The hotel describes 10 acres of landscaped gardens and manicured lawns with outdoor wedding spaces. No individual lawn is named or sized on the hotel's own pages, which is the single biggest gap for an outdoor programme. |
A dash means the figure is not published. Ask for a measured plan of each space with the mandap, stage, dining and service access marked before you fix a guest count. A space with no source of its own takes its figures from the sources listed at the end of this page.
Photographs
The LaLiT Ashok Bengaluru photos
Each photograph is credited to the source it was published on. Listing and property photographs are not presented as Panigrahana’s own work.
What it actually costs
Wedding cost at The LaLiT Ashok Bengaluru (2026)
No wedding cost is published for The LaLiT Ashok Bengaluru in this record, and we will not print an estimate. Start with a written venue quote, then add food, rooms, decor and production as separate lines.
No verified price is published for The LaLiT Ashok Bangalore in this record, and we will not print an invented one. Start with a written venue quote, then add food, rooms, decor and production as separate lines — we can help you compare the inclusions once you have a date and a guest count.
No venue rental is published. City five-star hotels of this type normally work on a minimum guarantee per space rather than a flat hire fee, so the space itself costs nothing if the plate count is met and the shortfall is billed if it is not. That shortfall is usually negotiable.
The hotel publishes no plate rate on its own site (checked 25 October 2026); listing sites show starting plates that disagree with one another (checked 26 October 2026), so none is printed here.
Price source: The LaLiT Ashok Bangalore official site (no rate published), checked 2026-10-25. Published figures are reference points; ask the property for a written proposal for your date.
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Designed, not just planned
How we would design a wedding at The LaLiT Ashok Bengaluru
Kalinga is the reason to design here and the thing to design around. Ten thousand eight hundred square feet with no columns means sightlines are yours to set rather than the building's. You can run a single long axis from entry to mandap, or break the room across two axes for a ceremony and a dinner without a pillar in either view. It also means the ceiling is the primary surface: at this floor area anything done at eye level disappears, so suspended installation, a considered lighting grid and a strong floor plane are where the budget goes. Get the rigging capacity and the house lighting circuits in writing early, because a room this size either has the points or needs ground-supported truss, and that is a cost decision rather than a detail. Outdoors, the ten acres are mature landscaping rather than a flat event lawn, so the first job is a site walk to find the setting instead of assuming one. Tree canopy, existing planting and the golf-club boundary all shape where a mandap can actually stand, and power and cable routes from the building need mapping before a layout is drawn. Outdoor music in the gardens has a hard stop at 10:30 pm, as at every Bangalore venue we work at (Panigrahana booking records, October 2026), so the evening programme is planned indoors from the start. This is also a central-city property with residents nearby: load-in and teardown windows, vehicle access through the porte cochère and crew parking all want agreeing with the banquet team before the production calendar is fixed.
Which function goes where
| Haldi | One of the garden lawns in the morning, with Lalit 3 & 4 held as the covered fallback. The ten acres are the point of this hotel, and a haldi indoors here wastes them. |
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| Mehendi | Lalit 1 & 2, the one space with a published figure at up to 100 guests, or a lawn if the count is larger. Both sit close enough to the rooms that the afternoon stays informal. |
| Sangeet | The Grand Ballroom, with its pre-function area doing the arrival and the bar. Indoors, the programme runs later than the outdoor music stop. |
| Wedding ceremony | A lawn muhurtham with the gardens as the frame, or Kalinga if the date is wet or the guest list is large. Kalinga being pillar-less is what lets a full mandap layout work without designing around columns. |
| Reception | Kalinga for scale, the Grand Ballroom for an intimate seated dinner. Siddhartha at 6,700 sq ft sits between them and is the room to ask about when Kalinga feels oversized. |
Season and weather
Bengaluru's wedding season runs November to February, when evenings are cool enough that a garden function is comfortable without cooling, and those weekends are the first to go: 55 of the 96 Bangalore weddings booked with Panigrahana in 2026 fall in those months (booking records checked 24 October 2026). The south-west monsoon and the October to November retreating monsoon both bring evening showers, which is when the indoor fallback for a garden function should be costed rather than assumed. March to May are dry but warm, and an afternoon lawn function in April needs shade designed in from the start.
Arrivals, access and logistics
This is a central address, and that is most of its value. Kempegowda International Airport is 32 km and about forty-five minutes on the hotel's own figure, the railway station three kilometres, the city centre a little over five. Guests staying elsewhere in the city can reach it across an evening. The trade-off is city traffic: a 7 pm muhurtham means guests moving through the evening peak, so the invitation should carry a realistic departure time rather than only an address. With 184 keys the hotel covers a substantial room block on site. Vendor access runs through a working city hotel, so load-in windows, crew parking and lift access all need agreeing with the banquet team in advance.
The LaLiT Ashok Bangalore policies
| Outside decorators | Not published. The hotel's guest policy does not permit outside food and beverage or other external services (checked 25 October 2026), so get written approval for your decor studio, with load-in hours and fire rules, before you commit to a design. |
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| Catering | In-house. The hotel's own wedding and events pages describe curated gourmet menus and its signature restaurants for wedding guests; no outside-catering permission is published. Confirm in writing. |
| Alcohol | Alcohol must be bought through the hotel, and outside food and beverage is not permitted (The LaLiT guest policy) |
| Music curfew | Bengaluru closes amplified outdoor sound at 10 pm under the noise rules; in practice, outdoor music in the gardens has a hard stop at 10:30 pm, as at every Bangalore venue we work at (Panigrahana booking records, October 2026), and the halls run later under the hotel's rules. Confirm in writing. |
| Overnight stay | Yes — 184 suites and rooms |
| Parking | No parking or valet count is published; the hotel lists a 24/7 transfer service (home page, checked 25 October 2026). Agree the car count and the drop-off plan with the banquet team. |
Policy source: The LaLiT Ashok Bangalore official weddings, meetings, rooms, home and guest-policy pages (checked 25 October 2026). The guest policy bars outside food and beverage and other external services and says alcohol must be bought through the hotel; no decor, DJ or parking policy is published by the hotel, so those fields stay unconfirmed. Outdoor music practice: Panigrahana booking records, October 2026., checked 2026-10-25. Get the current policy in writing before you commission any fabrication.
Before you book
Planning notes for The LaLiT Ashok Bengaluru
Is The LaLiT Ashok Bangalore the right venue for your wedding?
| Right for you if | Bengaluru families who want the guest list to travel ten minutes rather than an hour, and who want both a garden wedding and a large indoor reception from the same address. It suits a big traditional programme, since Kalinga's pillar-less floor takes a full mandap layout, and it suits families with relatives arriving by train, because the station is three kilometres away. |
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| Look elsewhere if | A couple who want a destination setting will find this a city hotel, best for a wedding whose guests come from across Bengaluru. A family that wants its own caterer suits a standalone venue, since the hotel's guest policy does not permit outside food and beverage. |
| Planner tip | Ask for seated capacities, not square feet. The hotel publishes areas for five of its six venues and a headcount for one, so get the seated figure for your exact layout, function by function, in writing; with Kalinga's 10,800 pillar-less sq ft and ten acres of gardens, the right room for each function is there once the numbers are on paper. |
Where The LaLiT Ashok Bangalore is
The LaLiT Ashok Bangalore, Kumara Krupa High Grounds, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560001, India
Planning a wedding at The LaLiT Ashok Bangalore from abroad
The LaLiT Ashok Bangalore is about 32 km from Kempegowda International Airport (BLR). 184 rooms ≈ 368 guests at two a room. A 150-guest block at two a room needs 75 rooms, which fits on site if the venue releases that many rooms for your dates.
Kempegowda International Airport is 32 km and about 45 minutes away on the hotel's own figure, and the railway station is 3 km, which helps relatives arriving by train. With 184 rooms on site and a 24/7 transfer service, an overseas family can stay where the functions are. November to February suits guests flying in, with cool evenings for a garden function. A remote walkthrough covers Kalinga, the Grand Ballroom, the lawns and the room categories, and gets each seated capacity in writing.
| Season | Bengaluru's wedding season runs November to February, when evenings are cool enough that a garden function is comfortable without cooling, and those weekends are the first to go: 55 of the 96 Bangalore weddings booked with Panigrahana in 2026 fall in those months (booking records checked 24 October 2026). |
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Room and airport figures come from the venue facts on this page.
Planning from abroad: the wedding desk for couples living abroad · guests flying in: visas, rooms and who pays · registering the marriage in India · what a video walkthrough of a venue should show · Indian wedding cost in US dollars
What families usually ask about The LaLiT Ashok Bangalore
Parents usually ask where the muhurtham can be held, what the menu will be and how far the elders must walk. Kalinga's pillar-less floor takes a full mandap layout with clear sightlines, and the lawns suit a morning ceremony; agree the fire rules for a homam in writing. Menus come from the hotel's own chefs, so set the vegetarian or community menu at a tasting. Ask for rooms near the lifts and buggy help across the gardens.
What time does the music stop at The LaLiT Ashok Bangalore?
Bengaluru closes amplified outdoor sound at 10 pm under the noise rules; in practice, outdoor music in the gardens has a hard stop at 10:30 pm, as at every Bangalore venue we work at (Panigrahana booking records, October 2026), and the halls run later under the hotel's rules. Confirm in writing.
Asked and answered
The LaLiT Ashok Bengaluru wedding questions
Which halls at The LaLiT Ashok Bangalore suit the engagement, sangeet and reception?
On the hotel's weddings page (checked 25 October 2026): Kalinga, 10,800 sq ft and pillar-less, for the reception and sangeet; the Grand Ballroom, 3,696 sq ft with its own pre-function area, for the ceremony, engagement or cocktail evening; and Lalit 1 & 2, 2,624 sq ft, for up to 100. Siddhartha (6,700 sq ft) and the gardens add more.
How many guests can The LaLiT Ashok Bangalore hold?
The hotel publishes a guest figure for one space only: Lalit 1 & 2, for up to 100 (the hotel's weddings page, checked 25 October 2026). Kalinga, 10,800 pillar-less sq ft, is the large-wedding room, but no seated capacity is published for it, so ask the banquet team for the seated figure for your exact layout, in writing.
Does The LaLiT Ashok Bangalore have outdoor wedding spaces?
Yes: the hotel's weddings page describes about 10 acres of landscaped gardens and manicured lawns with outdoor wedding spaces (checked 25 October 2026). It does not name or size the individual lawns, so a garden programme starts with a site walk to find the right setting and a written capacity for it.
How many rooms does The LaLiT Ashok Bangalore have, and what does a room cost for wedding guests?
184 suites and rooms on the hotel's rooms page (checked 25 October 2026), from a 292 sq ft Deluxe Room to the 1,052 sq ft LaLiT Legacy Suite, looking over the Bangalore Golf Club or the pool. The page shows no nightly tariff, so ask the hotel for a wedding group rate and a release date for unused rooms.
How much does a wedding at The LaLiT Ashok Bangalore cost per plate?
No per-plate rate or venue rental is published on the hotel's weddings page (checked 25 October 2026), and the listing sites show starting plates that disagree with one another, so the figure comes from a written quote for your date. Ask for the menu tiers, each hall's minimum plate guarantee and the taxes in one proposal.
What is the banquet hall price at The LaLiT Ashok Bangalore?
No hall price is published: the hotel lists Kalinga, Siddhartha, the Grand Ballroom and the Lalit rooms by area and quotes on enquiry (weddings page, checked 25 October 2026). City five-star hotels usually sell a hall by the plate against a minimum guarantee, with any shortfall negotiable, so ask for each hall's minimum in writing.
Can I bring my own decorator to The LaLiT Ashok Bangalore?
Only with written approval: the hotel publishes no decor policy, and the hotel's guest policy does not permit outside food and beverage or other external services (checked 25 October 2026). Before you commit to a design, ask whether your decor studio is approved, and agree the load-in hours, any damage deposit and the fire rules for a mandap or havan.
Is outside catering allowed at The LaLiT Ashok Bangalore?
No: the hotel's guest policy does not permit outside food and beverage (checked 25 October 2026), and its banquet menus come from its own chefs. If your family needs a particular community menu, give the banquet team the dish list before you sign and ask for a tasting.
Can we bring our own alcohol to a wedding at The LaLiT Ashok Bangalore?
No: the hotel's guest policy says alcohol must be bought through the hotel (checked 25 October 2026), so the bar sits inside the banquet quote. Ask for per-bottle and package prices, the bar closing time for each function and whether the bar can run on the lawns.
How far is The LaLiT Ashok Bangalore from the airport and the railway station?
32 km and about 45 minutes from Kempegowda International Airport, and 3 km from the railway station, on the hotel's meetings page (checked 25 October 2026), with the city centre 5.1 km away. For a wedding with a lot of out-of-town family arriving by train, that station distance is worth printing on the invitation.
What is the contact number for weddings at The LaLiT Ashok Bangalore?
+91 80 6817 7777 and the banquet sales email blrbqtsales@thelalit.com, on the hotel's weddings page (checked 25 October 2026); the main line is +91 80 3052 7777. Send your dates, guest count and functions in the first message, or ask Panigrahana to check the date with the hotel for you.
Where can I see photos of The LaLiT Ashok Bangalore?
This page carries nine of the hotel's own photographs from its official site (checked 11 September 2026), including an outdoor wedding stage in the gardens, Kalinga set for a banquet, the Grand Ballroom and the pool. Ask the banquet team for photographs of a wedding of your size in the hall you are considering.
What is the music cut-off for outdoor functions at The LaLiT Ashok Bangalore?
Outdoor music in the gardens has a hard stop at 10:30 pm, as at every Bangalore venue we work at (Panigrahana booking records, October 2026); Bengaluru's noise rules set 10 pm for amplified outdoor sound. The Grand Ballroom, with its own pre-function area, is the natural home for a sangeet that runs later.
Why does Kalinga being pillar-less matter?
Because columns decide layouts: Kalinga's 10,800 sq ft has no columns on the hotel's weddings page (checked 25 October 2026), so the mandap, the stage and the aisle go where the design puts them and every guest gets a clear view. A full traditional mandap layout works without compromise, which is rare in a city hotel hall.
What is the best season for a wedding at The LaLiT Ashok Bangalore?
November to February: 55 of the 96 Bangalore weddings booked with Panigrahana in 2026 fall in those months (booking records checked 24 October 2026), when evenings are cool enough for a garden function. Those weekends go first. For the monsoon and the October to November showers, cost the indoor fallback in advance, and give an April lawn function designed shade.
Is The LaLiT Ashok the old Hotel Ashok?
Yes: the property at Kumara Krupa High Grounds, Bengaluru 560001, trades today as The LaLiT Ashok Bangalore, and older family members will know it as Hotel Ashok (Panigrahana venue records, October 2026). Both names point to the same address, which helps when a parent searches under the name they remember.
What is the guest rating for The LaLiT Ashok Bangalore?
4.3 on Google from over 26,781 guests, as the hotel's weddings page states (checked 25 October 2026). That rating covers the whole hotel, from rooms to restaurants and events, so for a wedding also ask the banquet team for two recent references of your size.
Which restaurants can wedding guests use at The LaLiT Ashok Bangalore?
Six, on the hotel's own listing (checked 25 October 2026): 24/7, OKO, Baluchi, Alfresco, KittyKo and Sutra, The Lounge. For a multi-day programme, guests arriving a day early or staying a day late can eat without leaving, and a late-night group has somewhere to go after the last function.
Do you plan weddings at The LaLiT Ashok Bangalore?
Yes: Panigrahana plans and designs weddings at The LaLiT Ashok Bangalore, and our in-house team has planned 500+ weddings since 2018 (company facts, October 2026). With 184 rooms on site, an outstation guest list stays where the functions are. We take no vendor commission; you pay the hotel directly for the venue, catering and rooms.
Is The LaLiT Ashok Bangalore a five-star hotel, and where is it?
Yes, The LaLiT Ashok Bangalore calls itself a 5-star hotel on its official site, and it stands on a garden property of about 10 acres at Kumara Krupa High Grounds, Bengaluru 560001. People also search for it as Lalit Ashok, The Lalit Bangalore, Lalit Hotel Bangalore and Hotel Ashok Bangalore. Its largest wedding room is Kalinga, a 10,800 sq ft pillar-less hall, and the hotel has 184 suites and rooms.
Lalit Ashok or Ritz-Carlton Bangalore: which is better for a wedding?
Choose The LaLiT Ashok Bangalore if you want garden space in the city: it sits on about 10 acres of lawns and has Kalinga, a 10,800 sq ft pillar-less hall. The Ritz-Carlton, Bangalore on Residency Road is built around a 5,780 sq ft ballroom that takes 1,000 for a reception or 300 at a banquet, with 277 rooms in the same building. The Ritz publishes per-person catering prices and The LaLiT does not, so compare written quotes for the same menu.
Does The LaLiT Ashok Bangalore have wedding packages?
The LaLiT Ashok Bangalore does not publish a priced wedding package on its official weddings page. The page lists the halls and takes enquiries, with flowers, banquet, audio, transfers, accommodation and spa shown as optional requirements, so each function is quoted against your date and guest count. The useful comparison with another hotel is one written proposal that lists the banquet menu tiers, each hall's minimum guarantee and a room-block rate.
Is there parking for wedding guests at The LaLiT Ashok Bangalore?
The LaLiT Ashok Bangalore does not publish a parking count or a valet policy for events on its official pages, so ask the banquet team how many cars it will hold for your function and write the figure into the contract. The hotel's home page lists a 24-hour transfer service, which helps with airport and station pickups. For a large evening reception, agree a drop-off plan with the hotel so arrivals at the porch keep moving.
Sources and dates: thelalit.com, checked 16 Oct 2026; ritzcarlton.com, checked 16 Oct 2026; Panigrahana venue record, checked 16 Oct 2026.
The shortlist
Venues couples weigh against The LaLiT Ashok Bengaluru
Compare other five-star venues in Central Bangalore
Each has its own guide: spaces, capacity, rooms and any published prices, with sources. To compare every one side by side, see 5-star hotel wedding venues in Bangalore. For planning, see our wedding planner in Bangalore page.
- Conrad Bengaluru
- ITC Gardenia Bengaluru
- ITC Windsor
- JW Marriott Bangalore
- Radisson Blu Atria Bengaluru
- Renaissance Bangalore
- Artezia Bengaluru (formerly Shangri-La)
- Taj MG Road, Bengaluru
- Taj West End Bangalore
- The Oberoi Bangalore
- The Ritz-Carlton Bangalore
- Vivanta Residency Road
Close by, in West and South Bangalore:
5-Star Luxury HotelLeela Palace Bangalore
5-Star Luxury HotelITC Gardenia Bengaluru
Heritage Palace HotelJayamahal Palace Hotel
Boutique Luxury HotelThe Chancery Pavilion
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