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The [[Bangalore Development Authority]] developed the Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Layout in him memory.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bharadwaj |first=K. V. Aditya |date=27 July 2015 |title=Sites in Kempegowda Layout still a pipe dream |newspaper=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/sites-in-kempegowda-layout-still-a-pipe-dream/article7467321.ece |via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Dropping out of site |url=http://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/dropping-out-of-site/articleshow/58072678.cms}}</ref> The [[Majestic metro station]] on the [[Purple Line (Namma Metro)|Purple Line]] of [[Namma Metro|Bangalore Metro]] was also renamed Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Station., Majestic, in his honour.<ref name="indiatimes.com">{{cite web|url=http://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/cover-story/namma-metros-bane-now-lies-in-a-name/articleshow/58367616.cms?|title=Namma Metro's bane now lies in a name}}</ref>

Educational institutions such as [[Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences]], Kempegowda Institute of Physiotherapy,<ref>{{cite web |title=Kempegowda Institute Of Physiotherapy |url=http://www.kimsphysiotherapy.org/about_us.htm |access-date=2018-07-17 |publisher=Kimsphysiotherapy.org}}</ref> Kempegowda College of Nursing,<ref>{{cite web |title=kimsnursing.org Is For Sale |url=http://www.kimsnursing.org/about_us.htm |website=www.kimsnursing.org}}</ref> and [[Kempegowda Residential PU College]] have all been named after Kempe Gowda. A police station<ref>{{cite news |last=Gowhar |first=Imran |date=15 March 2015 |title=27 posts lying vacant in Kempegowda Nagar police station |newspaper=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/27-posts-lying-vacant-in-kempegowda-nagar-police-station/article6995983.ece |via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> and a park<ref>{{cite web |title=Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Park, K R Road Visveswarapuram, Kalasipalyam, Bangalore &#124; Parks &#124; Video Driving Directions &#124; Route Map &#124; Location Map |url=https://www.vidteq.com/Bangalore/Nadaprabhu-Kempegowda-Park/Story |access-date=2018-07-17 |publisher=VIDTEQ}}</ref> in Bangalore are named in his honour. A busy<ref>{{cite web |date=3 August 2016 |title=Road over Metro tunnel sinks 15 feet |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/561913/road-over-metro-tunnel-sinks.html}}</ref> thoroughfare in the city is named Kempegowda Road.<ref>{{cite news |author=Staff Reporter |date=2 August 2016 |title=Portion of K.G. Road caves in near Metro line |newspaper=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/Portion-of-K.G.-Road-caves-in-near-Metro-line/article14547586.ece |via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>

Since 2017, the [[Government of Karnataka]] has recognised Kempe Gowda's birth anniversary, or ''Kempe Gowda Jayanthi''.<ref>{{cite web |date=26 June 2017 |title=Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Jayanti in city tomorrow - Star of Mysore |url=http://starofmysore.com/nadaprabhu-kempegowda-jayanti-city-tomorrow/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=25 June 2017 |title=Govt. to celebrate Kempegowda Jayanti on June 27 |newspaper=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/govt-to-celebrate-kempegowda-jayanti-on-june-27/article19143656.ece |via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> The [[Kempegowda Award]], a civic award presented annually by the [[Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike|BBMP]], was set up in his memory.<ref name="c2017">{{cite news |date=14 May 2017 |title=Kempegowda awards presented |newspaper=The Hindu |publisher=thehindu.com |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/kempegowda-awards-presented/article18450253.ece |access-date=14 May 2017}}</ref>