Whitefield and on Bannerghatta Road are famous as Bangalore's IT corridors. But not many know that Kanakapura Road is this city's guru corridor. It has scores of ashrams along the way. It is not as busy as Bangalore's other highways, but the density of dollar-rich tourist traffic is disproportionately high on this green, picturesque stretch.

The most well-known among the gurus here is Sri Sri Ravishankar, who presides over a sprawling estate, and controls a worldwide empire from a lotus-shaped head office. Late last week, our chief reporter B V Shiva Shankar stumbled on an interesting story about yet another 'spiritual tourism' project coming up on Kanakapura Road.

NEW AGE DISNEYLAND: An artist's impression of the Krishna Leela park coming up on Kanakapura Road file pic