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Kempe Gowda I (27 June 1510 — 1569) locally venerated as Nadaprabhu Kempe Gowda, [2] [3] or commonly known as Kempe Gowda, was a governor under the Vijayanagara Empire in early-modern India. [4] [5] He is famous for the development of Bengaluru Pete in the 16th century. Kempegowda erected many Kannada inscriptions across the region. [6] [7] [8]
It was established in the year 2011 is dedicated to Yelahanka chieftain Kempegowda (1513-1569) who was the founder of Bangalore city. The museum is located on the first floor of Mayo Hall. [1] The museum has Kempegowda's statue as well as posters and pictures of forts, temples, reservoirs and inscriptions from his time.
Kempe Gowda is depicted in a standing position holding a sword in his right hand, above a 20 feet high reinforced concrete slabbing. The overall height of the statue is 108 feet, weighing about 218 tonnes, sculpted using majorly steel and bronze which includes 120 tonnes of iron and 98 tonnes of bronze.
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Kempe Gowda I, Modern Bangalore was founded by a feudatory of the Vijayanagara Empire, who built a mud fort in the year 1537. Kempe Gowda also referred to the new town as his "gandu bhoomi" or "Land of Heroes". [5] Within Bangalore, the town was divided into petes (IPA:) or market. The town had two main streets: Chikkapete Street ran east ...
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