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Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa accompanied by Former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda, Congress state unit president D.K. Shivakumar, state Deputy Chief Minister C.N. Ashwath Narayan and state Revenue Minister R. Ashoka, performs rituals at the foundation stone laying ceremony of the 108-feet statue of Bengaluru founder Nadaprabhu Kempegowda near the international airport at Devanahalli on the city’s northern outskirts on his 510th birthday fest, on June 27, 2020. A 23-acre central park will also be built around the statue as a star attraction to thousands of visitors flying in and out of Bengaluru. The Rs 80-crore statute will be built in a year for unveiling in 2021. (Photo: IANS)

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa accompanied by Former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda, Congress state unit president D.K. Shivakumar, state Deputy Chief Minister C.N. Ashwath Narayan and state Revenue Minister R. Ashoka, performs rituals at the foundation stone laying ceremony of the 108-feet statue of Bengaluru founder Nadaprabhu Kempegowda near the international airport at Devanahalli on the city’s northern outskirts on his 510th birthday fest, on June 27, 2020. A 23-acre central park will also be built around the statue as a star attraction to thousands of visitors flying in and out of Bengaluru. The Rs 80-crore statute will be built in a year for unveiling in 2021. (Photo: IANS)

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa accompanied by Former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda, Congress state unit president D.K. Shivakumar, state Deputy Chief Minister C.N. Ashwath Narayan and state Revenue Minister R. Ashoka, performs rituals at the foundation stone laying ceremony of the 108-feet statue of Bengaluru founder Nadaprabhu Kempegowda near the international airport at Devanahalli on the city’s northern outskirts on his 510th birthday fest, on June 27, 2020. A 23-acre central park will also be built around the statue as a star attraction to thousands of visitors flying in and out of Bengaluru. The Rs 80-crore statute will be built in a year for unveiling in 2021. (Photo: IANS)

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa accompanied by Former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda, Congress state unit president D.K. Shivakumar, state Deputy Chief Minister C.N. Ashwath Narayan and state Revenue Minister R. Ashoka, unveils a replica of the 108-feet statue of Bengaluru founder Nadaprabhu Kempegowda at its foundation stone laying ceremony near the international airport at Devanahalli on the city’s northern outskirts on his 510th birthday fest, on June 27, 2020. A 23-acre central park will also be built around the statue as a star attraction to thousands of visitors flying in and out of Bengaluru. The Rs 80-crore statute will be built in a year for unveiling in 2021. (Photo: IANS)