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Even though historically Bengaluru is chronicled to the period of 900 AD, but with confirmed history of the Bengaluru Pete traced to 1537, when Kempe Gowda I (pictured), a Chieftain of the Vijayanagara Empire, widely held as the founder of modern Bangalore, built a mud fort and established the area around it as his province.
This is a list of areas in Bengaluru Pete, a 2.24 km 2 market area in Bengaluru, India. [1] Bengaluru Pete was established by Kempegowda I in the 16th century, with different areas in the Pete named after the respective trade activities that took place or the communities that lived here.
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 ...
Within this vast forest area, and with imperial permission of the Vijayanagar Emperor Achyutharaya (an inscription at Dasarahalli records the decree date as 1532), he built Bangalore Fort and the town in 1537, and moved his capital from Yelahanka to the new Bengaluru Pete, the foundation of present-day Bangalore city.
The confirmed history of the Bangalore Fort is traced to 1537, when Kempe Gowda I (pictured), a chieftain of the Vijayanagara Empire, widely held as the founder of modern Bangalore, built a mud fort and established the area around it as Bengaluru Pete, his capital. [3] [4]
The earliest recorded history of Islamic influence in Bangalore could be traced to 1638, when the old Bengaluru Pete (now an integral part of the Bangalore city) was conquered by Bijapur Sultanate who ruled for the next 50 years.
In the mid-18th century A.D Bengaluru was ruled by Hyder Ali.During Hyder Ali's reign, in 1761 A.D he decided to re-build the fort by stone which was initially built by Kempegowda using mud in 1537 A.D. Hyder Ali learned that three of them who were involved in the construction of the fort had refused their salaries.
The Dharmaraya Swamy temple in the pete area of Bangalore is the center of nine-day festivities that begins after Ugadi. Each day of the festivities have a significant ritual associated with it, beginning with the Dwajarohana, Aartiseva, Deepotsava on Dwadashi, creation and installation of Hasikaraga on Trayodashi, Pongaluse on Chaturdashi and ...