BENGALURU:
Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Sunday released a postal envelope bearing the portrait of Nadaprabhu Kempegowda, the founder of Bengaluru city, on his birth anniversary and restarted the construction work of the Kempegowda Study Centre.
Speaking on the occasion, Yediyurappa said Kempegowda was a great visionary and a progressive thinker.
The Chief Minister said Kempegowda laid the foundation for building the city of Bengaluru about 500 years back and it stands testimony to the insights he had on urban development and administration.
ಸಿದ್ದಗಂಗಾ ಮಠದ ಶ್ರೀ ಸಿದ್ಧಲಿಂಗ ಸ್ವಾಮಿಗಳು, ಆದಿಚುಂಚನಗಿರಿ ಮಠದ ಶ್ರೀ ನಿರ್ಮಲಾನಂದನಾಥ ಸ್ವಾಮಿಗಳು, ಶ್ರೀ ನಂಜಾವಧೂತ ಸ್ವಾಮಿಗಳು, ಶ್ರೀ ಚಂದ್ರಶೇಖರ ಸ್ವಾಮಿಗಳು, ಉಪಮುಖ್ಯಮಂತ್ರಿಗಳಾದ @GovindKarjol, @drashwathcn, ಸಚಿವರಾದ @GopalaiahK, @narayanagowdakc, ಶಾಸಕ ಮುನಿರತ್ನ, ಸಂಸದ @PCMohanMP ಉಪಸ್ಥಿತರಿದ್ದರು. (2/2)
— CM of Karnataka (@CMofKarnataka) June 27, 2021
Regarding the Kempegowda Study Centre which would be built on the Jnanabharati campus of Bengaluru University, authorities said the centre would be established at a cost of Rs 45 crore.
The centre would engage in studies on the life of Kempegowda and involve in researches pertaining to urban development and administrative structures.