● The Vokkaliga caste originates in the Indian state of Karnataka.

● In the former princely state of Mysore, the Vokkaligas were the largest community.

● As a community of warriors and cultivators, they have historically wielded tremendous demographic, political, and economic dominance in Old Mysore.

● Chiefs from this agro-martial community dominated different principalities in the present-day Karnataka districts of Bangalore, Chikkaballapura, Kolar, Tumkur, and Ramanagara.

● They supported art, culture, and commerce as leaders, and Kempe Gowda I, the founder of Bangalore, was a member of this community.

● Kempe Gowda was a chieftain under the Vijayanagara kings and ruled over most parts of Karnataka in the 16th century.

● Kempe Gowda was a just and humane ruler and is widely accepted as the founder of Bangalore.