Janopakari Sri Doddanna Setty inspired by the passion to render service to the community and the society in general had approached the Maharaja of Mysore Sri. Krishnaraja Wodeyar-IV with a request to allot a piece of land so that he can build an institution which will survive for posterity rendering public good through education and culture. The Maharaja offered about 05.5 acres of land to Sri Doddanna Setty right opposite to the Tippu Sultan Fort in Bangalore. Maharaja Sri Sir Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar- IV was the ruling Maharaja of the Princely State of Mysore from 1894 until his death in 1940.