Following the nationwide ‘Cleaning of Statues’ call by the Ministry of Defence, Government of India on Mar. 12, to remember and spread awareness about the personalities, whose statues are being cleaned, the 14 Karnataka Bn NCC, Mysuru, had adopted the statue of Bharat Ratna Sir M. Visveswaraya at Mandya. As part of the programme, PI…
Bengaluru: The Baiyappanahalli Railway Station Terminal in Bengaluru will be henceforth called as Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal, Bengaluru. A special gazette notification issued by the Government of Karnataka reads: “Government of India has ‘no objection’ to name the new station terminal at Baiyappanahalli, Bengaluru. The name of station board will be in Devanagari script (Hindi),…
By H.R. Bapu Satyanarayana, Retired Chief Engineer At the present juncture India suffers from crisis of values that has distorted our outlook impacting in all spheres of activities. September 15 is celebrated as Engineer’s Day all over India to commemorate the birthday of Sir M. Visvesvaraya (MV), Engineer-Statesman of the then Mysore State. He was…
MLA G.T. Devegowda and MUDA Chairman H.V. Rajeev garlanded the bust of Sir M. Visvesvaraya at The Institution of Engineers (India), Mysuru Local Centre on JLB Road as part of Sir MV’s 160th birth anniversary this morning. Others seen are Mysuru Hotel Owners Association President C. Narayanagowda, former Corporator M.D. Parthasarathy, social worker K. Raghuram…
Mandya: Strongly opposing the Government’s plan of installing Sir M. Visvesvaraya (MV) statue alongside that of erstwhile Mysore Maharaja Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar in front of KRS Dam in Srirangapatna taluk of the district, a delegation led by historian Prof. P.V. Nanjaraj Urs will meet Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa at Bengaluru tomorrow (June 16) urging the…
Mysore/Mysuru: Strongly opposing the Government’s plan of installing the statue of Sir M.Visvesvaraya (Sir MV) alongside that of Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar in front of KRS dam, several like-minded groups under the banner of ‘Ekapratime Horata Samiti’ staged a demonstration in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s Office here on Monday. Addressing the protestors, Bahujan Vidyarti Sangha…
Mysore/Mysuru: Maintaining that the people of the State support the Government’s plan to install the statues of Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar and Sir M.Visvesvaraya (MV) side by side in front of KRS Dam, Mysuru District Brahmin Association President D.T. Prakash has urged the Government not to backtrack from the plan for any reason. He was speaking…
Mysore/Mysuru: The Government’s proposal to erect Sir M. Visvesvaraya’s statue along with ‘Rajarshi’ Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar at South Gate of Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam has sparked a hot debate and it is led by city historian Prof. P.V. Nanjaraj Urs. The project is ongoing at the Dam and is expected to be completed in…
How can Rajarishi Nalwadi’s and Sir M. Visvesvaraya’s statues be treated equally, questions Historian Mysore/Mysuru: The ongoing project of constructing life-size statues of Rajarishi Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar, the patron and the financier of Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam and Sir M. Visvesvaraya (Sir MV), Wadiyar’s Dewan and the Chief Engineer who built the Dam at…
Statues of Nalwadi and Sir MV to be installed near entrance Srirangapatna: Every monsoon season, the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam is invariably or rather inevitably in the focus because if it is full to the brim, there is water for South Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. If it is not full, panic grips the entire…
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