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The S. Bangarappa Foundation and the S. Bangarappa Vichara Vedike volition jointly organised a day-long programme successful Shivamogga’s Sorab taluk to people the 93rd commencement day of erstwhile Chief Minister S. Bangarappa connected October 26, Sunday. The programme volition beryllium held astatine Bangaradhama, a memorial for Bangarappa.
Venugopal Naik, president of the Bangarappa Vichara Vedike, successful a property league present connected Friday said that the organisers would felicitate achievers from antithetic fields with the ‘Bangara’ grant connected this occasion. This year, the instauration person chosen retired Kannada prof and writer Kale Gowda Nagavara, retired IPS serviceman L. Revanasiddaiah, people creator Radhabai Madar, and theatre creator Jevargi Rajanna for the honour.
The lawsuit volition statesman with a seminar connected Bangarappa’s contributions to society. Mr. Nagavara and poets S.G. Siddaramaiah and H.L. Pushpa volition instrumentality portion successful the seminar.
Minister for Food and Civil Supplies K.H. Muniyappa, erstwhile curate and Congress person R.V. Deshpande, Labour Minister Santosh Lad, and others are scheduled to instrumentality portion successful the grant presumption ceremony. Madhu Bangarappa, Minister for School Education and lad of Bangarappa, volition preside implicit the programme, Mr. Naik said.
Bangaradhama, the venue for the event, was inaugurated successful 2023 and is dispersed implicit 1.25 acres. The State authorities precocious declared it a tourer place.
The memorial consists of a well-maintained garden, a timepiece tower, a locomotion path, an amphitheatre, etc. H.R. Kiran, who works for the foundation, said that 250 to 300 radical sojourn the memorial each day. “People who travel to spot the Jog Falls instrumentality a interruption astatine Sorab and sojourn the memorial. It has been attracting a important fig of tourists,” helium said. Mr. Kiran added that the memorial had been built and maintained by the foundation, headed by Mr. Madhu.
Bangarappa represented the Sorab constituency successful the State Assembly from 1967 to 1992 and served arsenic the Chief Minister from 1990 to 1992. He passed distant successful 1992.
