Mehek - Aroma Of KR Flower Market, Bengaluru

This autumn, Bengaluru's hazy aromatic mornings have a vivacious scent. There is always a reason to purchase and give flowers, especially now that wedding season is going to approach soon. 

This has the city's flower markets busy in the early morning hours. Many other delightful new types are coming onto the market, with flowers like roses, marigolds, and lotuses being year-rounders. The KR Market, one of the largest flower marketplaces in Asia and among the oldest in the city, is located here. 

The market offers a stark contrast to the city's peaceful streets in the early morning hours. Every nook and cranny was populated by vendors selling dry items, metal tools, machines, fresh flowers, fruits, and vegetables. 

To purchase the fresh food of the day, retailers, push-cart sellers, hoteliers, and homeowners flocked to the market. 

Other seasonal flowers include rosebay, button blossoms, jasmine, kanagale, and kanakambara (also known as Cassandra or firecracker flower). 

Other than the flower market, the area is surrounded by a litany of shops selling all kinds of auspicious and aromatic items like ashwagandha, raw turmeric, paan leaves, etc.

Although the market is currently quite run-down and scattered, that is not how it was intended to be.

It was erected by the government of the former Maharaja of Mysore in an effort to improve the unhygienic circumstances of the improvised stores and stalls that existed before it. 

In 1946, the market was renamed Krishnarajendra Market in his honour. KR Market was first proposed in 1907, but it took several more years for the City Development Committee to really start construction.

As early as 2 am, flower sellers from close and far throng the KR market area at the bus stop. 

The sidewalks and bylanes were lined with crop vendors selling anything from blossoming orchids to endless threads of fragrant jasmine. 

Fresh vegetables are well-known at the KR market, where you can frequently get them directly from a local farmer. Also, prices are one-fourth of what you'll pay at the nearby store. So maybe your next morning stroll would include this place.