Kempegowda & the Founding
In 1537 a Vijayanagara chieftain built a mud fort and laid out the market streets that still form the old city.
Kempegowda I, Founder of Bengaluru
The Yelahanka chieftain who founded the city in 1537.
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The Four Kempegowda Towers
Watchtowers traditionally said to mark the limits of the old town.
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The Petes: Old Market Quarters
Chickpete, Balepete, Avenue Road and the trading streets of the 1500s.
The Bull Temple (Dodda Basavana Gudi)
A 16th-century monolithic Nandi that gives Basavanagudi its name.