Avenue Road (Doddapete)

Formerly Doddapete ('High Street'), the north-south spine that Kempe Gowda I ploughed as the first street of the pete and that Rice describes as separating Deshada pete from Nagarta pete. 'Avenue Road is known for its traditional trade in used books, garments and textiles, jewellery and pawn brokering' - the classic Vaishya trade mix. Rice's description of the Doddapete bazaars: 'The open stalls or bazaars on either side of the Dodda-pete and other thoroughfares display their wares arranged on tiers of shelves, all within reach of the owner... Those of a trade generally flock together, so that many shops containing the same description of goods will be found side by side.' A branch of Karur Vysya Bank is also mapped on Avenue Road, though that bank is a Karur (Tamil Nadu) institution and is not evidence of local Arya Vysya organisation.