The earlier name of Malleshwaram was
Mallapura as documented in the
Ekoji Inscription of Malleshwaram dated to 1669 CE located in the precincts of the famous Kadu Malleshwara temple. It records the donation of the
Maratha chief
Ekoji, half brother of
Shivaji who donated a village Medaraninganahalli for the upkeep of the Kadu Malleshwara temple. Medaraninganahalli was a village that was located around the IISc campus. Another undated
Kannada inscription in Sampige road was documented in the supplementary Volume 9 of
Epigraphia carnatica, it mentions that the inscription was found near Jakkarayanakere which corresponds to the area around Krishna Flour Mill in Sampige Road, Malleshwaram. Much of the text published is incomplete and is a possible donatory inscription. However, the existence of Jakkarayana kere (lake) near Sampige road documented more than a century ago is established.
H. V. Nanjundaiah, the first Vice-Chancellor of Mysore University is credited with the building of the then suburb of Malleshwaram. Sri Raghavendra Stores, and Snehajeevi Gowdara Egg Rice Adda.
H. V. Nanjundaiah, the first Vice-Chancellor of Mysore University is credited with the building of the then suburb of Malleshwaram. The neighbourhood of Malleshwaram has been host to many accomplished people: the Nobel laureate
C.V. Raman, scientist
Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan, badminton world champion
Prakash Padukone and his daughter
Deepika Padukone, noted Carnatic musician
Doraiswamy Iyengar and film stars
Saroja Devi,
Ananth Nag and
Jaggesh have all lived here. Malleshwaram is home to some of Bangalore's heritage cafés such as
CTR Shri Sagar (1920s), Janatha Hotel, Raghvendra Stores,
New Krishna Bhavan, Veena Stores, and Snehajeeevi Gowdara Egg Rice Adda. ==Location==