Love for Arikompan takes the shape of a life-sized statue

Love for Arikompan takes the shape of a life-sized statue

The statue of wild elephant Arikompan statue installed near Kanjikkuzhi in Idukki. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT To express his affection for Arikompan, the wild elephant that was translocated from Chinnakanal, a vendor in Idukki has installed an eight-foot-tall cement statue of the animal near his shop at Thallakkanam, near Kanjikuzhi. Vettikkattu Babu, a cacao … Read more

VMC commissioners inspects Ambedkar statue works at Bommuluru

VMC commissioners inspects Ambedkar statue works at Bommuluru

VMC commissioner Swapnil Dinkar Pundkar inspects the works of Dr. B.R. Ambedkars bronze statue at a workshop in Bommuluru village near Hanuman Junction on Saturday. | Photo Credit: ARRANGEMENT Vijayawada Municipal Corporation Commissioner Swapnil Dinkar Pundkar inspected the works of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s bronze statue at the workshop of artist B.V.S. Prasad at Bommuluru near … Read more

Fadnavis unveils Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s statue in Mauritius

Fadnavis unveils Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s statue in Mauritius

Maharashtra Deputy CM at the premises of Maharashtra Bhavan in Mauritius. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement A 12-feet statue of Maratha warrior-king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was unveiled in Mauritius’s Maharashtra Bhavan on Friday to mark the strong bond between the two nations. Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth was joined by Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister … Read more

Expedite Ambedkar statue works, civic Commissioner tells officials

Expedite Ambedkar statue works, civic Commissioner tells officials

Municipal Commissioner Swapnil Dinakar Pundkar inspecting the Ambedkar statue being installed at Swarajya Maidan in Vijayawada on Saturday. | Photo Credit: VIJAYA KUMAR Vijayawada Municipal Commissioner Swapnil Dinakar Pundkar has asked the officials concerned to speed up the works of Ambedkar Smriti Vanam so that the construction could be completed within the stipulated time. Mr. … Read more

High Court allows Arjun Sampath to garland Ambedkar’s statue

High Court allows Arjun Sampath to garland Ambedkar’s statue

The Madras High Court on Wednesday directed the Greater Chennai Police to grant a conditional permission to Indu Makkal Katchi leader Arjun Sampath to garland the statue of B.R. Ambedkar at his memorial at Raja Annamalaipuram in Chennai on April 14 to mark his 132nd birth anniversary. Justice Sunder Mohan granted the permission on the … Read more

PM pays special attention to Kanakadasa, garlands Valmiki statue

PM pays special attention to Kanakadasa, garlands Valmiki statue

Narendra Modi also sported the black woollen blanket, a trademark of Kurubas, the community Kanakadasa belonged to Narendra Modi also sported the black woollen blanket, a trademark of Kurubas, the community Kanakadasa belonged to Not only was the Prime Minister’s programme in Bengaluru a signalling to the Vokkaliga community which the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party … Read more