Dharwad: Statue of Ulavi Channabasaveshwar will be installed in the Head Post Circle in Dharwad.
Demand for pending pending the long population of the city to have a Statue of Saint will soon be fulfilled.
The Ulavi Channabasaveshwar Temple Committee took the initiative and completed the task of making a 12-foot statue with a cost of Rs 9 Lakh.
Now, the committee member is waiting for cm to uncover the statue.
Temple of Ulavi Channabasaveshwar is one of the oldest temples in the city.
Saint ChannabasaveShwar has arrived at Dharwad in the 12th century while on the way to Ulavi from Kalyana to create awareness about Vachana literature.
He lives here for some time in UB Hills, Dharwad.
In his memory, Ulavi Channabasaveshwar Temple was built on Bukit UB.
The source said the Temple Committee was building a base at the intersection on the way to the Dharwad train station and the Post Office.
The Committee has requested HDMC to provide room for sculpture and approved in 2004.
Chairman of the SR Temple Government Agency Sr.
Ramanagoudar told TII, “The installation of the Channabasaveshwar statue is our old demand since 2004.
Now demand has been fulfilled.
The work has finished and the statue is ready to be launched .
We are waiting for the Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai to inaugurate officially.
“Temple Trustee TS Patil said high bronze statue of a 12-foot designed and created by an artist from Kolhapur at a cost of Rs 9 lakh.
The whole circle has been decorated with plants and statues will be launched soon, he added.