The road is hardly about two kilometres long, but is steeped with landmarks of education, devotion and tradition. Gangadhara Chetty Road begins near the beginning of St John’s Road and ends at the Sri Guru Singh Gurudwara, Ulsoor. Deviations from this road lead to Haudin Road and Dickenson Road.
RBANMS High School, established almost 130 years ago, is one of the oldest schools in Bangalore on this road. It was founded by Dharmarathnakara Rai Bahadur Arcot Narrainswamy Mudaliar. Many of the over 15 educational institutions run by the Rai Bahadur Arcot Narrainswamy Mudaliar (RBANM) Educational Charities Trust are located on this road. These include RBANM’s High School Main, RBANM’s (bifurcated) High School, RBANM’s Thirukulathur School, RBANM’s Bharata Natya Kala Shala and RBANM’s First Grade Evening College
Just opposite the RBANM’s High School is a sprawling playground belonging to the RBANMS’s Educational Charities. This ground is often used a venue for trade fairs and exhibitions. Close to the school is a nondescript but distinctly old-style building which houses the Bangalore Brahmo Samaj and Brahmo Mandir established in 1879 (indicated by the marble nameplate on the gate.)
Popular Mutt
The Odukkathur Swamigal Mutt is located near the N Neelakantan Circle on this road. The Mutt premises has the Sree Dhandayudhapani Swami temple. Here for the past 30 years the Sree Guruvayurappan Bhajan Samaj Trust has been conducting Gokulashtami celebrations with musical programmes by renowned artistes for over 20 days. This year the celebrations started on August 18 and will continue till September 9. The Geetha Sangeetha Prachara Mandali is located in the premises of this Mutt. Adjacent to the Mutt is the M V M Industrial Training Institute.
Veiled statue
Just opposite the Mutt is a small traffic island-cum-garden, in which the statue of Thiruvalluvar, a Tamil poet saint has been installed. The statue was supposed to have been unveiled on September 9, 1991. But, due to strong lobbying by Kannada activists and lack of unity among Tamils, it has remained covered (presently in a blue plastic sheet) for the past 15 years.
Majestic palace
 Aurobindo Bhavan, a heritage building on this road, used to be the summer palace  of the king of Nepal. After India’s independence, he could not afford the high taxes in the democracy, so he made a charitable donation of the large, rambling two-storey house to the Aurobindo organisation. The Aurobindo Bhavan accommodates the Aurobindo Society and Auromirra School.
Historical lake
Almost three-fourth of the length of the road faces the Ulsoor lake. The lake is said to date back to the time of Kempe Gowda I and II in the 16th century. Two springs exist at the bottom of the lake, but they are now covered with heavy silt.
The lake as it is found today was constructed by Sir Lewin Bentham Bowring, the then commissioner of Bangalore. The lake is about 50 hectares in size and has a radius of about three kilometres. The lake has been leased to Madras Sappers by BBMP for watermanship training purposes. Boating and MEG Regatta events take place here.
A Saneeshwara temple bordering the Ulsoor lake. Opposite the lake are some residential apartments named Lakeshore Manor and  Lakeview Apartments among other names.
It is a pity that what could be a beautiful lake wharf is full of debris and mounds of earth and stinking smell. The traffic too has become intense on this road—a price which Bangalore has to pay for unprecedented and unplanned growth.