KPCC Spokesperson accuses BJP of election gimmick to woo Vokkaliga community Mysore/Mysuru: “The installation of Nadaprabhu Kempegowda near Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru is welcome. The statue could have been installed two years before itself. Just because the elections are nearing, the BJP, by installing the statue now, is trying to woo Vokkaliga community,” accused…
Bengaluru: With Prime Minister Narendra Modi scheduled to inaugurate the 108 feet tall statue of Nadaprabhu Kempegowda installed near Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) at Devanahalli on Nov.11, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai will launch 20 Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Rathas (Chariots) in front of Vidhana Soudha at Bengaluru tomorrow (Oct.21). Announcing this at a press meet here on…
Bengaluru: In an apparent bid to woo the dominant Lingayat and Vokkaliga communities ahead of next year’s Assembly polls, the State Government has planned to install the statues of Basavanna and Nadaprabhu Kempegowda in Vidhana Soudha premises, the seat of power. The statues are expected to come up on Nov.1, marking Kannada Rajyotsava. The Vidhana…
Mysore/Mysuru: Maintaining that Nadaprabhu Kempegowda’s vision was responsible for the growth of Bengaluru to international levels, MLC Dr. D. Thimmaiah said that the erstwhile ruler should also be credited for organised growth of the city and conservation of numerous lakes and other water bodies in and around Bengaluru. He was speaking after inaugurating Kempegowda Jayanthi…
Mysore/Mysuru: Maintaining that the nation should be built as per the aspirations of Nadaprabhu Kempegowda, former Supreme Court Judge V. Gopalagowda said that everyone should realise that it is the judicial system which is playing a key role in the rule of law. He was speaking after inaugurating the 513th Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Jayanthyotsava organised by…
Mysore/Mysuru: “Nadaprabhu Kempegowda’s statue will be unveiled at Mudhaiahnahundi Circle at Gollanabidu, G.B. Saragur village in H.D. Kote taluk on July 19,” said Village Leader and Film Director Siddegowda. Disclosing this at a press meet held at Pathrakartara Bhavan here on Saturday, Siddegowda said that the 9 ft. tall Kempegowda statue was built at a…
Bengaluru: On the occasion of the 512th birth anniversary of the Founder of Bengaluru, Nadaprabhu Kempegowda, Chief Minister (CM) B.S. Yediyurappa released a postal stamp on Kempegowda at an event held at the Banquet Hall of Vidhana Soudha yesterday. Later, Deputy Chief Minister (Dy.CM) Dr. C.N. Ashwathnarayan addressed the gathering and said, “Last year, during…
Ramanagara: Dy.CM Dr. C.N. Ashwathnarayan on Sunday said that a 108-feet statue of Nadaprabhu Kempegowda at the International Airport at Devanahalli will be the centrepiece of a 23-acre Central Park by February-March 2022. Speaking on the occasion of the 512th Jayanthi celebrations here yesterday, he said that the Rs. 78-crore project executed by the Kempegowda…
Mysore/Mysuru: Showering of petals on the portrait of Nadaprabhu Kempegowda marked Kempegowda Jayanti celebrations, organised by the District Administration in association with Kannada and Culture Department, at Maneyangala in Kalamandira premises here this morning. Chamundeshwari MLA G.T. Devegowda offered floral tributes to the portrait of Kempegowda. The District Administration had kept the celebrations a simple…
Bengaluru: On the occasion of the 511th birth anniversary of Nadaprabhu Kempegowda, the Founder of ‘Bendakalooru’ aka Bengaluru, Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa this morning laid the foundation stone for the construction of Nadaprabhu’s mammoth 108-feet bronze statue at the Bengaluru Airport in Devanahalli named as Kempegowda International Airport. It is the country’s third busiest airport…
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