41st anniversary of The Times of India, Bengaluru: World-class treatment at a fraction of the cost

PAST Bengaluru’s founder Kempegowda had a unique vision that has set this pete apart from others in the country. He designed and built localities specifically for tradesmen, who would live and work in those precincts. The areas were named either after the commodities traded in them, such as Akkipete (the rice market) and Aralapete (cotton market), or after the dominant caste of the traders in the locality