<p>A Kerala-based businessman on Monday said a world-class museum will be built in memory of Diego Maradona, with a gold sculpture of the Argentine football legend as the main attraction.</p>.<p>Chairman and Managing Director of Boby Chemmanur International Group, Boby Chemmanur, who was instrumental in bringing the soccer staron a visit to Kerala eight years ago, saidthe life-size sculpture will represent 'The Hand of God,' as the Argentine forward described a crucial goal he scored in the 1986 FIFA World Cup which his team went on to win.</p>.<p>The proposed museum is to come up in Kolkata or in south India, he told a press conference here.</p>.<p>It will showcase Maradona's professional and personal life, he said.</p>.<p>The museum will blendthe aesthetics of art and technology, Boby Chemmanur said.</p>.<p>The upcoming museum on several acres of land will have a gold sculpture of Maradona as its main attraction, he said.</p>.<p>Recalling his "close friendship" with Maradona for a decade, Boby Chemmanur said the relationship began with the footballer at Dubai in 2011.</p>.<p>Later, Maradona inaugurated a Chemmanur jewellery showroom in Dubai.</p>.<p>"I gifted Maradona a miniature gold statue of his figure. Accepting it, the soccer star expressed the desire to see his life-size gold sculpturerelated to 'The Hand of God," he said.</p>.<p>"I am extremely happy to be fulfilling that desire of Maradona," Boby Chemmanur said.</p>.<p>'The Hand of God' goal was scored against England in the quarterfinals of the 1986 World Cup.</p>.<p>TheBoby Chemmanur Group, headquartered in Thrissur, had Maradona as its ambassador after the Argentinian signed the deal in March 2018.</p>.<p>Maradona was in the northern part of the state for two days in October 2012 to inaugurate a showroom of Chemmannur Jewellers in Kannur.</p>.<p>"The museum is my tribute to Maradona. It will be a storehouse of information related to the great player and his football. It will function as a centre for entertainment of international standards," he said.</p>.<p>The curator of the museum will be artist-writer Bony Thomas, a founder-trustee of Kochi Biennale Foundation that conducts India's biggest contemporary art festival.</p>
<p>A Kerala-based businessman on Monday said a world-class museum will be built in memory of Diego Maradona, with a gold sculpture of the Argentine football legend as the main attraction.</p>.<p>Chairman and Managing Director of Boby Chemmanur International Group, Boby Chemmanur, who was instrumental in bringing the soccer staron a visit to Kerala eight years ago, saidthe life-size sculpture will represent 'The Hand of God,' as the Argentine forward described a crucial goal he scored in the 1986 FIFA World Cup which his team went on to win.</p>.<p>The proposed museum is to come up in Kolkata or in south India, he told a press conference here.</p>.<p>It will showcase Maradona's professional and personal life, he said.</p>.<p>The museum will blendthe aesthetics of art and technology, Boby Chemmanur said.</p>.<p>The upcoming museum on several acres of land will have a gold sculpture of Maradona as its main attraction, he said.</p>.<p>Recalling his "close friendship" with Maradona for a decade, Boby Chemmanur said the relationship began with the footballer at Dubai in 2011.</p>.<p>Later, Maradona inaugurated a Chemmanur jewellery showroom in Dubai.</p>.<p>"I gifted Maradona a miniature gold statue of his figure. Accepting it, the soccer star expressed the desire to see his life-size gold sculpturerelated to 'The Hand of God," he said.</p>.<p>"I am extremely happy to be fulfilling that desire of Maradona," Boby Chemmanur said.</p>.<p>'The Hand of God' goal was scored against England in the quarterfinals of the 1986 World Cup.</p>.<p>TheBoby Chemmanur Group, headquartered in Thrissur, had Maradona as its ambassador after the Argentinian signed the deal in March 2018.</p>.<p>Maradona was in the northern part of the state for two days in October 2012 to inaugurate a showroom of Chemmannur Jewellers in Kannur.</p>.<p>"The museum is my tribute to Maradona. It will be a storehouse of information related to the great player and his football. It will function as a centre for entertainment of international standards," he said.</p>.<p>The curator of the museum will be artist-writer Bony Thomas, a founder-trustee of Kochi Biennale Foundation that conducts India's biggest contemporary art festival.</p>