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For 500 Years No One Spoke Of Bengaluru Founder Kempegowda's Memorial, Because They Were Scared Of Their Heads Exploding

The nondescript village of Kempapura in Magadi taluk, 75km from Bengaluru, holds a secret close to its heart. Of a curse which did not allow its people to talk about Kempegowda, the founder of IT City, for five centuries. His memorial lay in Kempapura, a hamlet of 60 houses and a population of around 500, with a plaque dating back to the 16th century , yet no one mentioned it. […]