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Cubbon Park library
A brick-red Gothic hall in Cubbon. 3 million books, no borrowing, free to walk in and read.
why we keep going,
Reference only. Sit at one of the long wooden tables and pick something off a shelf.
The braille section and Indira Gandhi children's library are quieter corners worth knowing.
Open 8:30am to 7:30pm. Best on a Tuesday morning, when the park is half-empty.
local context
The Seshadri Iyer Memorial Hall was built in 1908 in red brick and Gothic style; it opened as a public library in 1915 and became the State Central Library in 1986.
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