Jeedi Mara Bus Stop
If you have traveled in BMTC Bus on Bannerghatta road, you would find a bus stop named Jeedi Mara Bus stop. It is junction of Ring road and Bannerghatta road next to Shoppers Stop Bus stop towards IIMB. Ever wondered why it is named so ? Even if you know Kannada, the use of Jeedi Mara is now very occasional. If you are an urbanite, chances are that you do not know what it means excpet that it is name of a tree. I got curious and went asking around about what it is. I didn't have to venture out ;) just asked folks at my home. Turns out Jeedi Mara is nothing but Cashew tree (Anacardium occidentale). Indeed, there was a big Jeedi Mara close to the new mall that is coming up on the junction. Alas, it isn't there any more. But it has lent such a beautiful name to one of the bus stops in Bangalore. It is better than Shoppers Stop Bus stop (Now repeat that twenty times :) )
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posted by Unknown @ 12:43 AM
16 Comments:
At 10:16 AM,
Gurudatta said…
Hi!!,
I was searching for the meaning of Jeedi Mara. Some say G D Mara, J D Mara. I searched in net , could not find the meaning. When i am about to give up, i got your blog. Thanks a lot!!. This is was eating my head from long time. Thanks Again!!!
At 10:17 AM,
Gurudatta said…
Hi!!,
I was searching for the meaning of Jeedi Mara. Some say G D Mara, J D Mara. I searched in net , could not find the meaning. When i am about to give up, i got your blog. Thanks a lot!!. This is was eating my head from long time. Thanks Again!!!
At 6:40 PM,
ISLAXMI said…
Thanks
At 3:02 AM,
Unknown said…
Thanks dude..
At 2:08 AM,
parthiban palani said…
thanks, I too was wondering last few years.
At 5:29 AM,
Unknown said…
My fellow commuter told that there was a big tree but not sure of cashew tree.but there was a big tree which he has seen
At 5:32 AM,
Unknown said…
My fellow commuter told that there was a big tree but not sure of cashew tree.but there was a big tree which he has seen
At 1:06 AM,
Unknown said…
Happy to find the answer. What is cashew tree to do with JD or GD ?
At 8:58 PM,
Unknown said…
This is just awesome.. I daily travel to that stop.. I was wondering wat it is.. but I was sure it is the name of some tree.. but I couldn't find any spl tree over there.. this is wat happens in banglore.. there was such trees where even the land marks were mentioned by trees.cutting all the trees in the name of development so saad.. now it's malls turn to be land mark
At 6:02 PM,
Unknown said…
Interesting,let alone maras and keres, we even have non existent " Nirmala stores and mini zoo stops.
At 9:16 PM,
Unknown said…
Cashew tree means in kannada ಗೇರು ಗೊಡಂಬಿ
At 3:55 AM,
Unknown said…
Vry true
At 2:26 AM,
Satheesha@MasterCrafts said…
I am a cashew planter , but never ever come across this name for cashew tree ..... now need to do more research on this !!!!!!!
At 2:49 AM,
Satheesha@MasterCrafts said…
I am a cashew planter , but never ever come across this name for cashew tree ..... now need to do more research on this !!!!!!!
Whaw .... found it
Its a combination of telugu and kannada
Cashew in telugu jeedi
Tree in kannada mara
Hence jeedi mara
I had seen one small cashew plant in front of that "gudi" near the signal long ago , sometime 1995 to 2005
Satheesha
mastercrafts1998@gmail.com
At 3:38 PM,
Unknown said…
Thank u @unknown for ur answer
At 8:11 PM,
prashanth said…
Me too 😂
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