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CM unveils state’s first Gandhi Memorial Pillar in capital
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To be established at 87 places across Karnataka associated with Gandhi’s visits
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CM unveils state’s first Gandhi Memorial Pillar in capital
Bengaluru: Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Friday unveiled Karnataka’s first ‘Gandhi Memorial Pillar’ at the Government Arts College (GAS College) campus in Bengaluru. The memorial pillar is part of the Karnataka government’s budget announcement to establish such pillars at 87 historic places across the state that were visited by Mahatma Gandhi.
The Information and Public Relations Department is implementing the project under the ‘Gandhi Bharat’ campaign to mark the centenary of the historic Congress session held in Belagavi in 1924 under the presidentship of Mahatma Gandhi.
MLA and Chairman of the Gandhi Bharat Centenary Committee HK Patil, former Chairman of the Karnataka Legislative Council and Chairman of the Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath BL Shankar, Information and Public Relations Department Secretary J. Manjunath, IAS, office-bearers of the Gandhi Bharat Committee, professors of Government Arts College and a large number of students attended the programme.
On the occasion, renowned Mysuru sculptor Arun Yogiraj, who created the Gandhi Memorial Pillar, Government Arts College Principal Nagendra Kumar G.C. and Nirmithi Kendra engineer Rajeev were felicitated. Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar also planted a sapling and watered it at the Government Arts College campus to mark the occasion.
A historic moment for Bengaluru
Mahatma Gandhi, accompanied by his wife Kasturba Gandhi, visited Bengaluru for the first time on Saturday, May 8, 1915. During the visit, he went to the then Government High School, now the Government Arts College, and unveiled a portrait of his political mentor Gopal Krishna Gokhale. In memory of the visit, the auditorium at the college has been named after Bapuji. The state’s first Gandhi Memorial Pillar has now been established on the same campus.
Details of the memorial pillar
Renowned Mysuru sculptor Arun Yogiraj created the artwork for the memorial. The memorial is a 10-foot-tall and 3¼-foot-wide monolithic granite sculpture.According to Information and Public Relations Department Commissioner M.N. Anucheth, the upper portion of the pillar features the national emblem with the four lions, followed by the Ashoka Chakra, a meditating Mahatma Gandhi, the seven social sins preached by Gandhi, his signature and an image of the charkha.
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