Kempe Gowda

Karnataka will soon have a giant statue of Kempe Gowda, the ruler who is believed to have founded Bengaluru. The statue will be put up at the international airport in Bengaluru at a cost of Rs 66 crore, the state's BJP government said on Friday.

The Lalbagh Botanical Garden in Bengaluru is the city's oldest and largest green lung - a place that replenishes the crowded IT hub with fresh air. Close to the garden's main gate is an ancient rock topped by a tower built by the King Kempe Gowda centuries ago, to mark what he expected to be the limit of Bengaluru.

Karnataka will soon have a giant statue of Kempe Gowda, the ruler who is believed to have founded Bengaluru. The statue will be put up at the international airport in Bengaluru at a cost of Rs 66 crore, the state's BJP government said on Friday.

The Lalbagh Botanical Garden in Bengaluru is the city's oldest and largest green lung - a place that replenishes the crowded IT hub with fresh air. Close to the garden's main gate is an ancient rock topped by a tower built by the King Kempe Gowda centuries ago, to mark what he expected to be the limit of Bengaluru.