K.R. Market is the main wholesale market dealing with commodities in Bangalore, India.
It is named after Sri Krishnarajendra Wodeyar the former ruler of the princely state of Mysore. This market is located on Mysore Road at its junction with Krishnarajendra Road. Its the first locality in the whole of Asia to get Electricity.
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“Talk of a divinity in man! Look at the teamster on the highway, wending to market by day or night; does any divinity stir within him? His highest duty to fodder and water his horses! What is his destiny to him compared with the shipping interests?”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)