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Nagavarma II had written the epic "Varadhamanapurana". It is now held by scholars such as D. R. Nagaraj and Sheldon Pollock that the grammarian was under the patronage of Chalukya King Jayasimha II.

Ramanagara houses one of the biggest Silk Market in India, giving it the name as “Silk City''.Ramanagara is the largest market for silk cocoons in Asia. Ramanagara District is known for Mulberry, Silk Weaving, Milk and Toys.

Nandi Hills, also known as Nandidurg is an ancient hill fortress situated in the Chikkaballapur district near Bangalore. Nandi Hills is 4700 ft high above the sea level and approximately 60 km from Bangalore.

Kavirajamarga is the earliest available work on rhetoric, poetics and grammar in the Kannada language. It was inspired by or written in part by the famous Rashtrakuta King Amoghavarsha I, and some historians claim it is based partly on the Sanskrit text Kavyadarsha.

The Virupaksha Temple in Hampi was built under the ruler Deva Raya II also known as Prauda Deva Raya of the Vijayanagara Empire. Hampi, capital of the Vijayanagara empire. The Virupaksha Temple in Hampi is dedicated to lord Shiva.

The provinces of the Vijayanagara Empire were called as Rajyas. The empire was divided into different administrative units mandalams or rajyas (provinces), nadus (districts), sthalas (sub-districts) and finally in to gramas (villages).

Gol Gumbaz, is located in Bijapur. The construction of the tomb started in 1626 and completed in 1656.

M. Venkatakrishnaiah also known as the "Grand old man of Mysore". He was pioneer of journalism, author, social reformer, educator, civil servant and philanthropist based in the city of Mysore.

Gangadhar Rao Deshpande auctioned salt at Belgaum and broke the Salt law in April, 1930. Deshpande started a khadi unit at Kumari ashram near Hudali, the first khadi unit in Karnataka. Deshpande went from village to village to create awareness about the khadi movement. This work was later continued by Pundalikji Katagade.

Kuvempu was the first to won Sahitya Akademi Award for Kannada. Sri Ramayana Darshana is the most popular work and the magnum opus by Kuvempu in Kannada based on the Hindu epic Ramayana.