In the heart of Bangalore city lies a quaint library which smells of old books as soon as you enter, heaven for book lovers. This is the Sheshadri Library or more popularly known as the State Library that’s situated in one of Bangalore’s biggest gardens, Cubbon Park. Despite the fact that it is in the center of the city it’s extremely quiet and peaceful. You find all kinds of people there from old people reading newspapers to students studying, some reading for pleasure and some just exploring.