Attara Kacheri
| Attara Kacheri | |
|---|---|
West façade, facing Dr. B R Ambedkar Road | |
Interactive map of the Attara Kacheri area | |
| Former names | Public Offices Building |
| Alternative names | Karnataka High Court Building |
| General information | |
| Architectural style | Neo-classical |
| Location | Cubbon Park, Bangalore, Karnataka, India |
| Construction started | 1864 |
| Completed | 1868 |
| Cost | ₹427,980 (US$5,100) |
| Technical details | |
| Material | Gneiss and brick in chunam |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Richard Hieram Sankey |
| Main contractor | Arcot Narrainswamy Mudaliar |
| Other information | |
| Public transit access |
Purple Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Station, Vidhana Soudha metro station |
Attara Kacheri (Kannada pronunciation: [ˌʌˈtɑːrɑː kəˈtʃeːrɪ] ⓘ, formerly the Old Public Offices Building) in Bangalore, India, is the seat of the principal bench of the Karnataka High Court, the highest judicial authority in the state of Karnataka. It is a neoclassical red-painted stone-and-brick building in Cubbon Park, located on Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Road opposite the Vidhana Soudha. It previously housed the secretariat of the princely state of Mysore and then that of independent India's Mysore State.