From Our Special Correspondent
Daijiworld Media Network
Bangalore, Sept 6: A magnificient Swami Vivekananda Memorial Structure in Belgaum, where Swami Vivekananda had stayed for a few days way back in 1892, is being built by the Karnataka Government.
The State Cabinet, which held its meeting under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, decided to allot to Ramakrishna Mission 150 ft by 80 ft plot belonging to the Belgaum City Corporation free of cost to build the memorial.
The proposed memorial would also house a centre to impart moral education for youth, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister S Suresh Kumar, told reporters while briefing on the decisions taken at the cabinet meeting.
The house in Risaldar Galli where Swami Vivekananda stayed
The place where Swami Vivekananda had stayed for four days which was later declared as a heritage building became so famous that delegates attending the AICC session in Belgaum in 1924 made it a point pay a visit it for “inspiration.”
The Central government has also expressed keenness to join hands to build the memorial structure, an initiative of the Ramakrishna Mission, the minister said and pointed out the Centre would provide Rs 10 crore for the building.
The State Government is planned to request President Pranab Mukherjee -- who is slated to soon inaugurate the Suvarna Soudha near Belgaum, built on the lines of Vidhana Soudha in Bangalore -- to lay the foundation stone for the memorial structure, the minister added.