A shiny bronze statue of India’s legendary dam builder M Visvesvaraya was unveiled on September 5 at Brigade Gateway in Rajajinagar.
The 11 feet 6 inches tall statue, weighing 1,300 kg, was crafted by Manayya N Badiger and team and unveiled by Dr CN Ashwath Narayan, deputy chief minister, and Murugesh Nirani, minister of large and medium industries.
“Sir M Visvesvaraya is an eminent statesman and engineer and we are humbled by his simplicity.”
“This installation is our way of saluting the great man,” says M R Jaishankar, chairman and managing director of the Brigade Group.
(Published 07 September 2021, 16:52 IST)
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