PilgrimstaysYou can now book accommodation from the Pilgrim Stays website BOOK NOW Don Bosco, Bangalore provides spacious, comfortable and affordable accommodation at its Provincial House. Located at Milton Street in the upscale Cooke Town area at Bangalore, it is in close proximity to several educational and commercial establishments. ITC’s Bangalore factory is located right across the street. Don Bosco Provincial House offers a wide range of rooms suitable for differing needs. AC and non AC, single and double as well as a dormitory. The property has its own refectory providing homely fare. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are served here, following best practices in hygiene and food safety. Two AC conference rooms are also available for hosting small and medium gatherings. A chapel is located inside the premises to add a spiritual touch to an already serene atmosphere. St Mary’s Basilica , St Francis Xavier Cathedral, Cantonment Railway Station are conveniently accessible from Don Bosco, Bangalore. Shivajinagar market and bus terminus, Commercial Street and other popular shopping areas of Bangalore lie within easy reach. You can now reserve accommodation right from this page. Please click on the button provided, enter details as prompted, select dates and duration of stay, type of accommodation required and confirm. You will be guided to the payment gateway, where you can make payment securely. A confirmatory message will be emailed you, which is to be produced at check-in. BOOK NOW Please click on the button to check availability and rates
You can now book accommodation from the Pilgrim Stays website BOOK NOW Don Bosco, Bangalore provides spacious, comfortable and affordable accommodation at its Provincial House
Located at Milton Street in the upscale Cooke Town area at Bangalore, it is in close proximity to several educational and commercial establishments
ITC’s Bangalore factory is located right across the street
Don Bosco Provincial House offers a wide range of rooms suitable for differing needs
The chapel dedicated to Mary Help of Christians (the primary Marian title of the Salesian tradition) and to Don Bosco is the devotional centre of the provincial house. The Salesian combination of popular devotion, joyful prayer, and practical ministry is felt in the atmosphere of the chapel.
The statue or image of Don Bosco — typically depicted with the street boys of Turin, or with the young Dominic Savio — is the focus of Salesian devotion. Pilgrims pray here for their children, for young people in difficulty, for Don Bosco's intercession in educational and vocational matters.
The provincial house grounds typically include facilities for Salesian youth activities — oratory programmes, technical training, and formation events. The Salesian method (the Preventive System) — based on reason, religion, and loving kindness rather than punishment — is visible in the atmosphere of the compound.
Bangalore's Catholic educational institutions — many of them Salesian, Jesuit, or run by other congregations — are among the most respected in the city. Don Bosco schools and colleges across the city are part of the context for the provincial house, whose work shapes the education of tens of thousands of young people.
The feast of Don Bosco on January 31 is the great Salesian celebration — celebrated with Mass, cultural programmes, and youth events across all Salesian institutions. At the provincial house, the feast is celebrated with particular solemnity. Old Boys of Don Bosco schools across south India often return on this day.
Don Bosco met a boy in prison in Turin in 1841 — Bartolomeo Garelli, 16 years old, from the countryside, in the city alone, unable to read, locked up for stealing. Don Bosco asked to teach him catechism. From that single encounter grew the Salesian Congregation. He said: I have promised God that even my last breath shall be for my poor boys. The Salesians in Bangalore — running schools, technical colleges, and youth ministries for hundreds of thousands of young people across south India — are fulfilling that promise.
“When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them, Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.”
Read in full on Bible Gateway →Don Bosco, Bangalore provides spacious, comfortable and affordable accommodation at its Provincial House. Located at Milton Street in the upscale Cooke Town area of Bangalore, it is in close proximity to several educational and commercial establishments. ITC’s Bangalore factory is located right across the street.
Don Bosco Provincial House offers a wide range of rooms suitable for differing needs — AC and non-AC, single and double, as well as a dormitory. The property has its own refectory providing homely fare; breakfast, lunch and dinner are served here, following best practices in hygiene and food safety. Two AC conference rooms are also available for hosting small and medium gatherings. A chapel is located inside the premises to add a spiritual touch to an already serene atmosphere.
St Mary’s Basilica, St Francis Xavier Cathedral and Cantonment Railway Station are conveniently accessible from Don Bosco, Bangalore. Shivajinagar market and bus terminus, Commercial Street and other popular shopping areas of Bangalore lie within easy reach.
