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Kanakapura Fort at Kanakapura part of Kanakapura Tourism Bangalore Tourism Karnataka Tourism and Forts of Karnataka. Kanakapura was the connecting place from Madras through Mysore, Canara, and Malabar,was being called Kanikarnhalli and commonly Kankanhalli. "The name of this village was actually Kanya-Karna composed of two Sanskrit words, Kanya meaning virgin or the goddess Bhavani, and Karna meaning ear."
Another version about the old name of Kanakapura was that the fort in the town had been built by Jagadeva Raya, the chieftain of Channapatna, who had pulled down a smaller structure owned by one Kanakana and hence the name Kankanhalli. The fort has the ancient Ranganatha Temple.
Kanakapura was one of the places through which the British Army under Lord Cornwallis, the Duke of Wellington, and others had invaded Srirangapatna in the 18th Century. Tipu Sultan, who was known for the practice of the scorched earth policy, had the town burnt down twice or laid waste to prevent its use by the British army.During the 18th century, Kanakapura and other small towns around it were raided by the British Army, in an attempt to invade these towns to establish their rule here. The invading British Army was led by Lord Cornwallis, the duke of Wellington. The great ruler Tipu Sultan took great measure to stop the invading Britishers. He summoned orders to burn down the village not once, but twice. The famous fort of Kanakapura was burnt down as well and only the remains can be seen today. He also ordered to dump a lot of waste in those areas in order to try and stop Britishers from invading these towns.
Only the remains can be seen today, near the Arkavathi Bridge.

The town is said to derive its name because of Jagadeva Raya who was the chief of Channapatna who demolished a structure in order to build an immense fort in this town. The structure that was destroyed was retained by a Kanakana, perhaps the name of the town, Kanakapura.
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