Kempegowda

Nadaprabhu Kempegowda, a 16th century chieftain of the Vijayanagara empire, is credited as the founder of Bengaluru.

An arterial road in the old city is called the K G Road or the Kempegowda Road. The community has old Mysuru as its heartland. It has a 4,000 kg sword which arrived at the Bengaluru airport from It is said that he conceived the idea of a new city while hunting with his minister, and later marked its territory by erecting towers in four corners of the proposed city. He also inaugurated Terminal 2 of the Kempegowda International Airport, which was built at a cost of around Rs 5,000 crore, and [flagged off two trains](https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/bangalore/pm-modi-launch-vande-bharat-first-semi-fast-train-south-8262179/), south India’s first Vande Bharat Express, and Bharat Gaurav Kashi Darshan train. [The Indian Express](https://indianexpress.com) explains.