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{{Short description|Founder of Bangalore}}
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| honorific_prefix = Nadaprabhu<ref name="indiatimes.com">{{cite web|url=http://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/cover-story/namma-metros-bane-now-lies-in-a-name/articleshow/58367616.cms?|title=Namma Metro's bane now lies in a name}}</ref><ref name="deccanchronicle.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/270617/nada-prabhu-jayanthi-this-year-every-year-siddaramaiah.html|title=Nada Prabhu Jayanthi this year, every year: Siddaramaiah|date=27 June 2017}}</ref>
| name = Kempe Gowda I
| image = Kempegowda I.jpg
| caption = Chief of Yalahanka Nadu (a principality under [[Vijayanagara Empire]])
| birth_name = Hiriya Kempegowda
| birth_date ={{Birth date|1510|06|27|df=Y}}
| birth_place = [[Yelahanka]],<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://yelahankaupdate.wordpress.com/2012/09/03/yelahanka-birth-place-of-kempegowda/|title=Yelahanka – Birth Place of KempeGowda|last=vinod2407|date=2012-09-03|website=yelahankaupdate|access-date=2017-01-25}}</ref> [[Vijayanagara Empire]] <br/> (modern day [[Bengaluru]], [[Karnataka]], [[India]])
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1569|||1510|06|27|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Bengaluru]], [[Vijayanagara Empire]] <br/> (modern day [[Karnataka]], [[India]])
| death_cause =
| resting_place = [[Kempapura]], [[Magadi]], [[Ramanagara District]]
| resting_place_coordinates = {{Coord|13.0146|N|77.08149|E|type:landmark|display=inline}}
| monuments =
| other_names = Nadaprabhu Kempe Gowda, Kempe Gowda
| years_active =
| known_for = Fortifier of [[Bengaluru]]
| title =
| term =
| predecessor = Kempananje Gowda
| successor = Gidde Gowda
| spouse =
| partner =
| children = Gidde Gowda
| parents = Kempananje Gowda, Lingamma
}}

''' Nadaprabhu Hiriya Kempe Gowda''', also known as '''Kempe Gowda''' was a [[chieftain]] under the [[Vijayanagara Empire]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rKLrBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT363|title=Asia Inside Out|last=Tagliacozzo|first=Eric|date=2015-01-05|publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=978-0-674-96694-9|pages=363|language=en}}</ref> The city of [[Bangalore|Bengaluru]], which is the capital of the Indian state of [[Karnataka]], was fortified by Kempe Gowda in 1537.

Kempe Gowda was one of the most well-educated and successful rulers of his time. Being a successor of descendants of Morasu Gowda lineage started as Yelahankanadu Prabhus (ruler of Yelhankanadu). The Yelahankanadu Prabhus belonged to [[Gowda (caste)|Gowda community]] . Fourth in succession from '''Rana Bhairave Gowda,''' founder of the dynasty of '''Avati Nadu Prabhus''' and great grandson of Jaya Gowda, who established separate dynasty, is the famous Yelahanka Nadu Prabhus, Kempe Gowda I who ruled for 46 years commencing his reign from 1513. Jaya Gowda accepted the sovereignty of the Vijayanagar emperor. He later left Yelankanadu and was successful in planning and building [[Bangalore Fort|Bengaluru Fort]] and [[Bengaluru Pete]], the foundation of the current city of [[Bengaluru]]. He is also noted for his societal reforms and contribution to building temples and water reservoirs in Bengaluru.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-07 |title=Founding fathers of Bangalore |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/361702/founding-fathers-bangalore.html |access-date=2022-07-02 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref>

Kempegowda's birth anniversary celebrations are organized by the [[Government of Karnataka|state government]] every year across [[Karnataka]] from 27 June 2017, and is seen as Kempegowda day or ''′Kempegowda Jayanthi′.''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://starofmysore.com/nadaprabhu-kempegowda-jayanti-city-tomorrow/|title=Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Jayanti in city tomorrow - Star of Mysore|date=26 June 2017}}</ref><ref name="deccanchronicle.com"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://starofmysore.com/kempegowda-jayanti-city/|title=Kempegowda Jayanti in city - Star of Mysore|date=27 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/govt-to-celebrate-kempegowda-jayanti-on-june-27/article19143656.ece|title=Govt. to celebrate Kempegowda Jayanti on June 27|newspaper=The Hindu|date=25 June 2017|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/270617/kempegowda-jayanthi-2017-kempegowda-was-a-secular-man-says-d-k-shivakumar.html|title=Kempegowda Jayanthi 2017: Kempegowda was a secular man, says D K Shivakumar|date=27 June 2017}}</ref> An award is established and named after the ruler, called [[Kempegowda Award]], which is presented annually at ceremony held by [[Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike|BBMP]].<ref name="c2017">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/kempegowda-awards-presented/article18450253.ece |title=Kempegowda awards presented |newspaper=The Hindu |date=14 May 2017 |access-date=14 May 2017 |publisher=thehindu.com}}</ref>

== Early life and concept of Bengaluru ==
Hiriya Kempe Gowda was born in [[Yelahanka]]<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://yelahankaupdate.wordpress.com/2012/09/03/yelahanka-birth-place-of-kempegowda/|title=Yelahanka – Birth Place of KempeGowda|last=vinod2407|date=2012-09-03|website=yelahankaupdate|access-date=2017-01-25}}</ref> and was the son of [[Vokkaliga#Morasu_Vokkaliga|Morasu Vokkaliga]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Rao|first=C. Hayavadana|date=1927|title=Mysore Gazetteer|volume=1|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.275385/page/n269/mode/2up?q=Vokkaligas|location=Bangalore |publisher=Government Press|page=244|isbn=}}</ref> Kempananje Gowda, who had ruled Yelhankanadu for more than 70 years. The powerful chiefly family have claimed to moved from [[Kanchipuram|Kanchi]] in [[Tamil Nadu]] to [[Karnataka]] in the early [[15th century|fifteenth century]] and served the Vijaynagar Empire.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The New Cambridge History of India:Vijayanagara|last=Stein|first=Burton|year=1990|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge|isbn=9781139055611|page=82}}</ref> They were originally from [[Karnataka]]<ref>{{cite book |editor=S. Anees Siraj |date=2011|title=Karnataka State Gazetteer: Kolar District|url=http://gazetteer.kar.nic.in/gazetteer/pdf/2011-20-0/Chpt%20-%203.pdf|location=|publisher=Karnataka Gazetteer Department, Government of Karnataka|page=258|quote=The Morasu Okkaligas originally belong to Karnataka.}}</ref> and were a [[Kannada]] speaking community,<ref name="Kamath">{{cite book |editor=Suryanath U. Kamath |date=1990|title=Karnataka State Gazetteer: Bangalore district |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bo8BAAAAMAAJ&q=uttur|location=|publisher=Director of Print., Stationery and Publications at the Government Press|page=61|quote=Uttur in Yenamanji Nadu in present day Mulbagal tq could be the place of their origin. It is likely that the family also spoke Telugu as it was a popular literary medium in Vijayangara times. But all the Marasu Vakkalus are Kannada speaking.}}</ref><ref name="pollock"/> although well versed in [[Telugu language|Telugu]].<ref name="pollock"/><ref name="Kamath"/> Kempe Gowda, who is reputed to have shown leadership skills during his childhood, was educated at [[Gurukula]] in Aivarukandapura (Aigondapura), a village near Hesaraghatta, for nine years. Kempe Gowda assumed the chieftaincy from his father in 1513.

It has been believed that Kempe Gowda got the vision of building a big futuristic city during a hunting expedition when he went towards [[Shivanasamudra Falls|Shivanasamudra]] (near Hesaraghatta) from [[Yelahanka]] with his Minister Veeranna and Advisor Gidde Gowda. He envisioned the city to have a [[Fortification|fort]], a [[cantonment]], tanks (water reservoirs), temples and people of all trades and professions to live in it.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myvpa.org/about2.htm|title=Vokkaligara Parishat of America (VPA) - About Vokkaligas|website=www.myvpa.org|access-date=2017-01-25}}</ref> He conquered Sivaganga principality, {{convert|30|mi|km|order=flip}} from Bangalore on Bangalore-Pune highway. Next he annexed [[Domlur]], which is on the road from Bangalore to the [[HAL Bangalore Airport|old Bangalore airport]]. Within this vast forest area, with the necessary Imperial permission of the [[Vijayanagar Emperor]], [[Achyuta Deva Raya|Achyutharaya]] (Dasarahalli record dated 1532) he built [[Bangalore Fort]] and the town in AD 1537, and moved his capital from [[Yelahanka]] to the new [[Bengaluru Pete]].

==Construction of Bengaluru==
Kempe Gowda built a red fort with eight gates and a moat surrounding it. Inside the fort two wide roads ran from North to South and East to West. The other roads were made parallel or perpendicular to them. On an auspicious moment fixed by an astrologer, Kempe Gowda harnessed the bullocks to the ploughs at the central Doddapete square, at the junction of Doddapete ([[Avenue Road, Bangalore|Avenue Road]]) and [[Chickpet|Chikka pete]], got the ground ploughed and worked the four main streets running in four directions. One ran from Halasoor ([[Ulsoor]]) Gate to [[Sondekoppa]] Road from East to West, and another from Yelahanka Gate to the Fort running from North to South. These roads are the present Nagarthapete and [[Chickpet|Chikka pete]]; and Doddapete respectively. The streets and the Blocks were demarcated for the purpose they were meant, like for business or residences etc. Streets of Doddapete, Chikkapete, Nagartha-pete were for marketing of general merchandise; Aralepete (Cotton pet), Tharagupete, Akki pete, Ragipete, Balepete etc. were for marketing of commodities like [[cotton]], [[grain]], [[rice]], [[Eleusine coracana|ragi]], and bangles respectively: kurubarapete, Kumbara-pete, Ganigarapete, Upparapete etc. were for trades and crafts, and residences of [[Kuruba]], [[Kumbara Gowda|Kumbara]], [[Ganiga]], [[Uppara]] castes respectively and similar petes' (Blocks). Halasoorpete, Manava-rthepete, Mutyalapete (Ballapurapete) etc. were meant for other groups of the society. The Agraharas were for the priests and learned classes. He got skilled artisans and craftsmen from the neighboring as well as far off places and got them settled so that they could pursue their vocations.
[[File:Bangalore_Fort_2.jpg|thumb|Bangalore Fort 2]]
Temples of Vinayaka and Anjaneya were built at the Northern Yelahanka Gate of the fort (near the present head office of [[State Bank of Mysore]]). [[Dodda Ganeshana Gudi|Dodda Basavannanagudi]] ([[Dodda Ganeshana Gudi|The Bull Temple]]) and in its neighbourhood, Dodda Vinayaka and Dodda Anjaneya and Veerabhadhra temples were also built outside the fort on the southern side. [[Gavi Gangadhareshwara Temple|Gavi Gangadhareshwara temple]] was also built by Kempe Gowda. Kempe Gowda I encouraged the construction of temples and lakes and planned residential layouts, or agraharams, around each temple. The construction of the mud fort and several [[temples]] and [[lake]]s transformed [[Bangalore]] from a sleepy village to a centre of culture based on vedic traditions.<ref>{{cite thesis|url=https://theses.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05172004-231956/unrestricted/4.pdf|title=CHAPTER 5: BANGALORE: MUD FORT TO SPRAWLING METROPOLIS|date=6 May 2004|publisher=Virginia Tech|type=Thesis|last1=Vagale|first1=Uday Kumar}}</ref>

Tanks were built for the water supply to the town, to the moat around the fort and for the irrigation of crops. Inside the fort, a big pond enclosed by masonry of dressed [[granite]] stones was dug and built (on the South-Western corner of the present [[K. R. Market|Sri Krishnarajendra Market]]). Dhar-mambudhi tank, which supplied water to the town (present Subhash Nagar, [[Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation|BMTC]] bus stand and [[Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation|KSRTC]] bus stands, in front of the [[Bangalore City railway station|city Railway Station]]), Kempambudhi tank (named after Ranabhaire Gowda's family Goddess, Doddamma or Kempamma), in Gavi-pura Guttahalli and Samp-igambudhi tank (named after one of the daughters-in-law: present [[Sree Kanteerava Stadium]]), which were meant for [[irrigation]], were also built. Irrigational facilities gave much impetus to [[agriculture]] and [[horticulture]] and also encouraged laying of gardens and raising groves of fruit crops.

The Emperor of Vijayanagara pleased with his activities bestowed him with near-by villages of [[Ulsoor|Halasooru]] ([[Ulsoor]]), [[Begur, Bangalore|Begur]], [[Varthur]], [[Jigani]], Thalagattapura, [[Kumbalgodu]], [[Kengeri]] and Banavara.<ref>Dr. Suryanath U. Kamat (2001). Concise History of Karnataka, MCC, Bengaluru (Reprinted 2002).</ref>

==Social reforms and interest in art==
One of his [[Reform movement|social reforms]] was to prohibit the custom of amputating the last two fingers of the left hand of the unmarried women during "Bandi Devaru", an important custom of [[Vokkaliga|Morasu Vokkaligas]]. He was a patron of art and learning. Despite belonging to a purely [[Kannada]] speaking community,<ref name="pollock"/><ref name="Kamath"/> he was multilingual and authored Gangagaurivilasa, a [[yakshagana]] play in [[Telugu language|Telugu]], the court-language of the time.<ref name="pollock">{{cite book|editor=Sheldon Pollock|date=2003|title=Literary Cultures in History: Reconstructions from South Asia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ak9csfpY2WoC&dq=Kempegowda&pg=PA378|location=Berkeley, California|publisher=University of California Press|page=378|isbn=0520228219|oclc=46828947|quote=But even writers from purely Kannada- speaking communities took to writing in Telugu, which raises questions again on the relationship between writerly choices and languages. Kempegowda (1513–1569), the builder of the city of Bangalore, wrote Gañgagaurivilasa (The play of Gañga and Gauri), a yaksagana ( verse-play) in Telugu}}</ref>

== Later life and legacy ==
[[File:Statue of kempegowda 1609.gif|thumb|213x213px]]
In the mid 16th century due to a complaint from neighbouring [[Polygar|Palegar]], Jagadevaraya of Channapattanathe, Emperor [[Sadasiva Raya|Sadashivaraya]] of [[Vijayaror's prior approval and for fear of rise in power at [[Penukonda]]. His territories were also confiscated. He was later released after being imprisoned for five years. After being released, he was awarded back his territories.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.karnataka.com/personalities/kempe-gowda/|title=Kempe Gowda{{!}} Founder of Bangalore {{!}} Personalities|date=2011-11-11|newspaper=Karnataka.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-01-25}}</ref>

He died in 1569, having ruled for about 56 years. A metal statue of Kempe Gowda was posthumously installed in 1609 at Gangadhareshwara temple at [[Shivagange]]. In 1964, another statue was erected in front of the [[Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike|Corporation Office]], [[Bangalore]]. According to some literary sources, Bengaluru Kempe Gowda's elder son Gidde Gowda, took over control after his death.<ref>Nilakanta Sastri, K.A. (1935). The CōĻas, University of Madras, Madras (Reprinted 1984).</ref>
[[File:Kempegowda.jpg|thumb|Kempegowda]]
[[File:Kempe Gowda Circle, Suranjan Das Road and New Thippasandra or GM Palya Main Road JN.jpg|thumb|Kempe Gowda Circle, Suranjan Das Road and New Thippasandra/GM Palya Main Road JN]]

On 14 December 2013, Bengaluru's main international airport was renamed as [[Kempegowda International Airport]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.firstpost.com/business/bangalore-intl-airport-being-renamed-as-kempegowda-international-airport-1248131.html|title=Bangalore Intl' airport being renamed as Kempegowda International Airport - Firstpost|website=www.firstpost.com|date=25 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/airlines-/-aviation/bangalore-international-airport-ltd-will-be-kempegowda-international-airport-from-december-14/articleshow/26325281.cms?intenttarget=no|title=Bangalore International Airport Ltd will be Kempegowda International Airport from December 14|date=24 November 2013|newspaper=The Economic Times}}</ref>

[[Bengaluru]]'s prominent [[Kempegowda Bus Station]] has been named<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kannadagottilla.com/from-dharmambudhi-lake-to-majestic-a-less-known-metamorphose/|title=From Dharmambudhi Lake to Majestic - a less known metamorphose - KannadaGottilla.com|website=kannadagottilla.com}}</ref> so to honour Kempegowda. The [[Bangalore Development Authority]] developed the Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Layout.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/sites-in-kempegowda-layout-still-a-pipe-dream/article7467321.ece|title=Sites in Kempegowda Layout still a pipe dream|first=K. V. Aditya|last=Bharadwaj|newspaper=The Hindu|date=27 July 2015|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/dropping-out-of-site/articleshow/58072678.cms|title=Dropping out of site}}</ref> The prominent [[Majestic metro station]] on the [[Purple Line (Namma Metro)]] of [[Bengaluru]]'s [[Namma Metro]] has been renamed in Kempegowda's honour.<ref name="indiatimes.com"/>

Educational institutions such as the [[Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences]], Kempegowda Institute of Physiotherapy,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kimsphysiotherapy.org/about_us.htm |title=Kempegowda Institute Of Physiotherapy |publisher=Kimsphysiotherapy.org |access-date=2018-07-17}}</ref> Kempegowda College of Nursing,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kimsnursing.org/about_us.htm|title=kimsnursing.org Is For Sale|website=www.kimsnursing.org}}</ref> and the [[Kempegowda Residential PU College]] have been named after Kempegowda. A locality<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/27-posts-lying-vacant-in-kempegowda-nagar-police-station/article6995983.ece|title=27 posts lying vacant in Kempegowda Nagar police station|first=Imran|last=Gowhar|newspaper=The Hindu|date=15 March 2015|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> and a park<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vidteq.com/Bangalore/Nadaprabhu-Kempegowda-Park/Story |title=Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Park, K R Road Visveswarapuram, Kalasipalyam, Bangalore | Parks | Video Driving Directions | Route Map | Location Map |publisher=VIDTEQ |access-date=2018-07-17}}</ref> in [[Bengaluru]] are named in Kempegowda's honour. A busy<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/561913/road-over-metro-tunnel-sinks.html|title=Road over Metro tunnel sinks 15 feet|date=3 August 2016}}</ref> thoroughfare in [[Bengaluru]] has been named as the Kempegowda Road.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/Portion-of-K.G.-Road-caves-in-near-Metro-line/article14547586.ece|title=Portion of K.G. Road caves in near Metro line|author=Staff Reporter|newspaper=The Hindu|date=2 August 2016|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> The Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Convention Center is located in [[Bengaluru]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.weddingokay.com/city/bangalore/yelahanka/royal-kempegowda-convention-hall/|title=Royal Kempegowda Convention Hall - convention halls in yelahanka}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nkccbangalore.com/contact.html|title=Anubhandana|website=www.nkccbangalore.com}}</ref>

On 27 June 2020 commemorating the 511th birth anniversary of Kempe Gowda, work on a 108-feet tall Kempegowda Statue and a 23-acre Central park around the statue formally began on with Chief Minister [[B. S. Yediyurappa]] performing a Bhoomi Pooja at the [[Kempegowda International Airport]].<ref>{{cite news|url= https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/karnataka-cm-bsy-to-perform-bhoomi-pooja-for-kempegowda-statue-at-bengaluru-airport/articleshow/76645981.cms |title= KARNATAKA CM BSY TO PERFORM BHOOMI POOJA FOR KEMPEGOWDA STATUE AT BENGALURU AIRPORT|website=Bangalore Mirror}}</ref> The same was inaugurated by PM [[Narendra Modi]] on 11th Nov 2022.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://english.jagran.com/india/pm-modi-to-unveil-108-feet-kempegowda-statue-preparations-begin-in-bengaluru-10053787|title=PM Modi To Unveil 108-feet Kempegowda Statue, Preparations Begin In Bengaluru}}</ref>

==Lineage==
The lineage of Kempe Gowda lasted for a century in [[Magadi]], where they built many temples, forts and tanks. [[Nelapatla|Nelapattana]], a subterranean town was built on the foot of the [[Savandurga]], to protect themselves from foreign invasions. However, in 1728, the [[Dalavayi|Dalawayis]] of [[Kingdom of Mysore|Mysore Kingdom]] defeated Kempe Gowda and annexed the principality. The last ruler was imprisoned in [[Srirangapatna|Srirangapatana]] till his death. The family members were moved to [[Hulikal]] village in [[Magadi]], where the lineage continues to survive. Some other family members were pensioned off by [[Purnaiah|Dewan Purnaiah]] by granting [[jagir]]s in [[Hosur]], present day [[Tamil Nadu]], where the lineage continues to exist as farmers.<ref name="Swamy-DH">{{cite news|last1=Swamy|first1=S Narayana|title=Founding fathers of Bengaluru|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/361702/founding-fathers-bangalore.html|access-date=2 February 2015|issue=Bangalore|publisher=Deccan Herald|date=8 October 2013}}</ref><ref name="Rice">{{cite book|last1=Rice|first1=Benjamin Lewis|title=Mysore: A Gazetteer Compiled for Government|date=1887|publisher=Asian Educational Services|location=London, UK|isbn=8120609778|page=70|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p0wSoEIub1YC&q=tamil+inscriptions+in+bangalore&pg=PA70|access-date=17 January 2015}}</ref>

== Tomb of Kempegowda ==
The inscription of 16th century in [[Kannada]] on the tomb proclaims that Hiriya Kempegowda had died at the spot while returning from [[Kunigal]]. Reportedly after settling a dispute, Kempagowda was returning to Bengaluru from Kunigal. On 7 March 2015 the tomb was accidentally found by Prashanth Marur, a college official turned historian while he was driving by Kempapura village in [[Magadi]]. It was also authenticated by group of historians who visited the tomb. It is believed that Immadi Kempegowda, son of Kempegowda I, built the tomb when his father died.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.freepressjournal.in/india/historians-find-tomb-of-kempegowda/662547|title=Historians find tomb of Kempegowda|last=FPJ|first=Bureau|website=www.freepressjournal.in|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-01-25}}</ref> After the confirmation Prashanth Marur wrote an article and published in [[Vijayavani]] newspaper on September 3, 2015..

==References==
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===General===
* Dr. B. S. Puttaswamy. KEMPEGOWDA OF BENGALURU, 160 pp. Bengaluru: Manoj Publications, 2017. Price 200 [[rupee|INR]] Released at Dubai. {{ISBN|978-81-920681-2-1}}. Cell +919448522310

==Further reading==
* Puttaswamy, B. S. ''Yalahanka Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Mattu Atana Vamshastaru'',(In Kannada) 240 pp. Bengaluru: Manoj Publications, 2011. {{ISBN|978-81-920681-0-7}}

==External links==

* [http://www.bangaloremirror.com/bangalore/cover-story/City-founder-Kempegowdas-tomb-is-traced-to-Magadi/articleshow/48876263.cms City founder Kempegowda's tomb is traced to Magadi]; bangaloremirror.com

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