Okay, heres a fun fact about the renaming of my #city, before - TopicsExpress



          

Okay, heres a fun fact about the renaming of my #city, before people start ranting about how non-fancy #Bengaluru sounds. Half baked knowledge is always dangerous ;) Read the history behind it and you will know that this is as authentic as it can get: A popular anecdote recounts that the 11th-century Hoysala king Veera Ballala II, while on a hunting expedition, lost his way in the forest. Tired and hungry, he came across a poor old woman who served him boiled ladys finger. The grateful king named the place benda kaal-ooru (Kannada: ಬೆಂದ ಕಾಳು ಊರು) (literally, town of boiled beans), which was eventually colloquialised to Bengalūru. Youre welcome. #Karnataka rajyotsavada subhashayagalu.
Posted on: Sat, 01 Nov 2014 06:55:10 +0000

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