Volunteers gathered at Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Layout in Bengaluru on 27 June 2026 to plant 15 lakh saplings, honouring the 517th birth anniversary of city founder Nadaprabhu Kempegowda. (Photo: NationPress)
Hundreds of volunteers joined civic workers at Kempegowda Layout, Bengaluru, on 27 June 2026 to plant 15 lakh saplings as a living tribute to Nadaprabhu Kempegowda on his 517th Jayanti. (Photo: NationPress)
The 517th birth anniversary of Nadaprabhu Kempegowda, founder of Bengaluru, was commemorated on 27 June 2026 with a mass drive to plant 15 lakh saplings across Kempegowda Layout, Karnataka. (Photo: NationPress)
Children took part in the mass sapling plantation organised at Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Layout, Bengaluru, on 27 June 2026 to mark the 517th Jayanti of Nadaprabhu Kempegowda, engaging the next generation in the city's green legacy. (Photo: NationPress)
A young boy planted a sapling at Kempegowda Layout, Bengaluru, during the 27 June 2026 mass drive honouring the 517th birth anniversary of Nadaprabhu Kempegowda — one of 15 lakh saplings planted that day. (Photo: NationPress)
Volunteers from across Bengaluru came together on 27 June 2026 to plant 15 lakh saplings at Kempegowda Layout, marking the 517th Jayanti of Nadaprabhu Kempegowda with a large-scale community green initiative. (Photo: NationPress)
Civic workers and volunteers worked side by side at Kempegowda Layout, Bengaluru, on 27 June 2026, planting saplings as part of a 15 lakh-sapling drive to celebrate the 517th Jayanti of Nadaprabhu Kempegowda. (Photo: NationPress)
A volunteer holds saplings at the ready during the mass plantation drive at Kempegowda Layout, Bengaluru, on 27 June 2026 — part of an effort to plant 15 lakh saplings honouring Nadaprabhu Kempegowda's 517th Jayanti. (Photo: NationPress)
Saplings were distributed among participants at Kempegowda Layout, Bengaluru, during the 27 June 2026 plantation event, which aimed to put 15 lakh new trees in the ground to mark Nadaprabhu Kempegowda's 517th birth anniversary. (Photo: NationPress)
A volunteer carefully plants a sapling at Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Layout, Bengaluru, on 27 June 2026, contributing to the city's target of 15 lakh new saplings on the 517th Jayanti of Nadaprabhu Kempegowda. (Photo: NationPress)
The 27 June 2026 plantation drive at Kempegowda Layout underscores Bengaluru's push to expand urban green cover, with 15 lakh saplings planted in a single day to honour the legacy of Nadaprabhu Kempegowda, the city's 16th-century founder. (Photo: NationPress)