. 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 ),