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The Minister for Housing, Prohibition and Excise, S. Muthusamy, who is besides the territory caput of the DMK for Erode South district, has clarified that a caller bronze statue of Kalingarayan volition beryllium installed astatine a determination successful Vellode and inaugurated connected January 19, 2026.
In a property release, the Minister said that owed to postulation congestion successful Vellode, the Vellode–Pasur Road junction was widened and a roundabout constructed, pursuing which the statue of Kalingarayan was removed. Acting connected the directions of Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, steps were taken to instal the statue astatine an alternate determination with capable space.
The merchandise said that though respective sites were inspected, a suitable onshore could not beryllium identified initially. Subsequently, a backstage onshore adjacent the Arulmigu Rasa Temple was identified and purchased for the purpose. Steps were nether mode to instal a full-length bronze statue of Kalingarayan, and orders for casting the statue had already been placed.
The merchandise further said that a tiny room with books related to Kalingarayan was besides being planned astatine the site. All works would beryllium completed and inaugurated connected Kalingarayan Day connected January 19, 2026, the merchandise added.
