Naddaprabhu Hiriya Kempegowda aka Kempegowda (1510-1569)

March 28, 2023

A statue of Nadaprabhu Kempegowda was unveiled at the State Assembly premises in Bengaluru.
Hailing from dominant agricultural Vokkaliga community in Karnataka, Kempegowda was a chieftain under Vijayanagara Empire.
He is known as founder of Bengaluru in 16th century and had developed around 1,000 lakes in city to cater to drinking and agricultural needs.
He prohibited the custom of amputating last two fingers of left hand of unmarried women during “Bandi Devaru“.
He was multilingual and had authored ‘Gangagaurivilasa’, a yakshagana play in Telugu.