. It is an imposing granite building, built in the year  1956  in the ' Neo-Dravidian ' style, incorporates elements of Indo-Saracenic, Rajasthani  Jharokha  and  Dravidian  styles. Vidhana Soudha is the brainchild of Kengal Hanumanthaiah  and built by chief engineer  B.R. Manickam . Attara Kacheri  , ( Karnataka High Court ):