Kandavara is the home of the Heritage Primary School where Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya,India's engineer statesman and Divan of the former princely state of Mysore, did his primary schooling.
The Heritage Primary School was refurbished in 2006 by the Dwaraknath Reddy Ramanarpanam Trust (DRRT) under the leadership of Ms Anita Reddy.