Kaka Nayaka
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Kaka Nayaka was the legendary leader of the forest dwelling Jenu Kuruba people,[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/%60Kakana-Kote-as-a-tribute-to-Lokesh/article14764556.ece 'Kakana Kote' as a tribute to Lokesh] after whom the present-day Kakanakote forest is named.
Kaka Nayaka's life has been dramatised as a play by Masti Venkatesha Iyengar and also made into a movie, titled Kakana Kote.{{Cite web |url=http://www.bharatmovies.com/kannada/watch/Kakana-Kote-movie-online.htm |title=Movie |access-date=28 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101209000539/http://www.bharatmovies.com/kannada/watch/kakana-kote-movie-online.htm |archive-date=9 December 2010 |url-status=dead }}