Mysuru: Chief Minister Siddharamaiah will unveil the white marble statue of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa installed at the Circle in Ramakrishnanagar tomorrow at 7 pm.
The life-size statue of the mystic from Calcutta was sculpted by well-known Mysuru’s sculptor Arun Yogiraj at a cost of Rs. 45 lakh.
The pedestal is two feet in height and the statue of Ramakrishna in a meditative pose is eight feet high.
Swami Athmajnanandaji of Sri Ramakrishna Ashrama, Mysuru and Swami Jitakamanandaji of Sri Ramakrishna Mutt, Mangaluru, will grace the occasion.
District Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa, Urban Development Minister Roshan Baig and Primary and Secondary Education Minister Tanveer Sait will be the guests of honour.
This post was published on March 4, 2018 6:38 pm