Showing posts with label Statues. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Statues. Show all posts

Friday, October 01, 2010

Together...


This beautiful statue of togetherness in Golden Palms resort is symbolic for love and compassion, the eye catcher for visitor!!

Friday, February 19, 2010

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj…

This is a beautiful graceful statue of the Maratha king, Shivaji Maharaj, hosted near Sanky Tank is one of many elegant statues in the city since 1994…kings brother Shahaji was administrator of Bangalore and ceded the city and the fort to Adilshah in 1648-49 securing the release of his father…

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Father of Indian Horticulture…

The Statue of Dr. M.H. Marigowda in lalbagh, honored with a title “Jewel of Horticulture” who by revolutionizing the crop development made Karnataka, a model state in this field. He advocated Dry Land Horticulture and the principals and practices of these technologies were demonstrated in most of the farms started by him. It is said that this actually inspired most of the state the farmers to practice Dry Land Horticulture on vast dry and drought prone tracts of the state, which was a transformation...

Tuesday, September 04, 2007

Statue of Sri Chamaraja Wodeyar...

Entrance to Lalbagh is marked by an equestrian statue of Sri Chamaraja Wodeyar, the 23rd Maharaja of Mysore. Although his reign proved to be a brief one, he left an indelible mark on the Kingdom of Mysore and thereby on the present day city of Bangalore (Bengaluru), the part thereof then.
He instituted the Representative Assembly of Mysore state in 1881. This was the first modern, democratic legislative institution of its kind in princely India. He sponsored the famous journey of Swami Vivekananda to Chicago in 1894.