About and Famous Tourist Places in Whitefield
Updated August 2026
Whitefield is a major IT, residential and shopping hub in East Bangalore, famous for ITPL, the Purple Line Metro, large malls, parks and cultural venues. Some of the best tourist places in Whitefield are Kadugodi Tree Park, Phoenix Marketcity, VR Bengaluru, Park Square Mall, Nexus Whitefield, Jagriti Theatre, Sri Sathya Sai Brindavan and Kundalahalli Lake Park. Kadugodi Tree Park covers 8 acres, Nexus Whitefield has about 0.3 million sq. ft. of retail space, and Jagriti Theatre has a 200-seat auditorium.
Whitefield also has an interesting history. In 1882, the Maharaja of Mysore granted about 3,900 acres to the Eurasian and Anglo-Indian Association to build a settlement here. Whitefield remained a small settlement for many years. It later became one of Bangalore's major technology centres after the growth of ITPB and the EPIP zone in the 1990s.