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Various modes of transportation like buses, autos, bikes, scooties, Meru cabs etc. can be seen at Marathalli in Bangalore. High rise buildings can also be seen in the video. Marathahalli is a suburb of Bangalore city in Karnataka state of India. Marut in Sanskrit refers to the god of wind/air in Hindu mythology. Halli in Kannada means village. The Outer Ring Road of Bangalore passes through Marathahalli. Until the late 1990s the area was a sleepy village in the outskirts of Bangalore. Following the IT boom, its close proximity to HAL Airport, Whitefield, Sarjapur Road and Electronic City and the presence of the Outer Ring Road, this area has boomed into a self-sufficient township. There are a large number of cloth stores, shopping malls, supermarkets and other shops in this area which reta