Articles by Udayakumar P L

Udaya Kumar P L is a Bengaluru citizen and a member of the 'Inscriptions Stones of Bangalore' team. More information about the group can be found on facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/inscriptionstones/) and Twitter (@inscriptionblr)

Gayathri Nagar or Srirampura? How ward names can highlight Bengaluru’s millennium-old heritage

by July 12, 2022

Do you know: If you are living in Embassy Golf Links on Inner Ring Road, you are living in an area that is 1300 years old. If you are living in Peenya 2nd stage, you are living in an area that is 1300 years old.If you are living in Indiranagar you are living in an area that is 800 years old.If you are living in Rajajinagar, you are living in an area that is 700 years. Surprised? But they are all facts. Srinivagilu, behind Embassy Golf Links, is mentioned in a 750 CE stone inscription; Juganahalli, in Rajajinagar 2nd block,…

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A crowd-funded memorial for Bengaluru’s ‘first citizen’

by January 16, 2019

In the above photo are some of a motley group of citizens who are funding the construction of a Ganga style stone mantapa to house the recently discovered 750CE Kittayya-Hebbal inscription stone! This could well be the first time ever in the world a group of ordinary citizens are coming together to help conserve and celebrate a city's written heritage in this manner. In the photo they are seen holding accurate 1/8 scale brass mementos of the incredible Kittayya-Hebbal inscription. These same mementos are now proudly displayed in showcases in their homes and offices – a first again in that…

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