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Dr V S Acharya Unveils Mahatma Gandhi Sculpture at Malpe Beach

  •   Sun, Aug 15 2010 08:20:34 PM

Dr V S Acharya Unveils Mahatma Gandhi Sculpture at Malpe Beach

Pics: Hemanath Padubidri
Daijiworld Media Network—Malpe (SR/CN)

Udupi, Aug 15: A fibre glass sculpture of Mahatma Gandhi, built at a cost of Rs 4.5 lac, was installed at the beach on Sunday August 15.

The statue, which is six feet tall, weighs about 150 kg and has been installed on a six feet high stone pedestal.

District-in charge minister Dr V S Acharya inaugurated the statue and said that the state’s department of tourism has sanctioned a grant of Rs 50 lac for developing Malpe beach as a measure to attract more tourists. The grant will be used to develop the road leading to Malpe, provide interlock pavements, and lamps.

The state government has also arranged to install statues of other freedom fighters and further develop Malpe beach. A sum of Rs 10 crore will be allotted for the project, he said.

Deputy commissioner Hemalata, D V Sadananda Gowda, Udupi-Chikmagalur MP and former state president of BJP, MLA K Raghupathi Bhat, Yashpal Suvarna, president, Dakshina Kannada and Udupi district fisheries marketing federation, and sculptor of the statue Purushotham Adve were among the guests present at the function.
  

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  • SP Shetty, UAE

    Tue, Aug 17 2010

    Children near the beach area hv got a new toy to play with ...

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  • ARU, Riyadh, Mangalore

    Mon, Aug 16 2010

    V.S.Acharya and Gowda both are the members of RSS.
    RSS is killed Gandhi. Today ...
    these RSS people are respecting Gandhi statue... Daal mein kuch kaala hain bhai.

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  • Felix F., India/Ksa

    Mon, Aug 16 2010

    Fathima.,

    Mahatma Gandhi, known as Bapu is not a political leader.

    In fact if he were to be alive, he would not have been a member or leader of the congress party.

    As a matter fact, Gandhiji wanted the congress to be dissolved soon after achieving the object for which it was formed, to get indipendence.

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  • venk, bangalore

    Mon, Aug 16 2010

    yeah yeah...politicians need many more gandhi statues to hide behind.....otherwise how can they fool people.

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  • Sumithra, Manipal/Konaje

    Mon, Aug 16 2010

    Instaed of erecting a statue worth 4.5 lkahs the Goverment could have built one good toilet at the beach. Anyway I dont know when Snagh parivar developed sudden affection towards Gandhi?

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  • AM DMello, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Mon, Aug 16 2010

    Mahatma's statue on the beach ?

    I wish our netas instead took the lead to follow in his footsteps !

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  • mark, muscat, mangalore

    Mon, Aug 16 2010

    Dr Kiran Acharya, Manipal,
    In this news we see only very few people present during the inauguration. That too on independence day! Where are the children? ( I did not ask anybodies religion- its not proper)
    Malpe beach people come over there to relax, enjoy, play, entertainment, etc . So It is suitable when someone wanted to erect statue of CHARLIE CHAPLIN there. Do you GandhiJI statue all over the world. They do not object. why? Why you see religion? Live Simply good citizen.
    Charlie Chaplin was born to actor/musician parents. For most of his life he didn't really practice any religion aside from theater and film. Bowman records that Chaplin received his name "at the font", so he was apparently baptized into the Church of England as an infant. During some years while Chaplin was a child his mother brought him to weekly Anglican church services. As an adult, Chaplin's background was clearly Christian, but he was not actively religious in a traditional sense. Chaplin died in his sleep in Vevey, Switzerland on Christmas Day 1977.
    On 1 March 1978, his corpse was stolen by a small group of Swiss mechanics in an attempt to extort money from his family. The plot failed, the robbers were captured, and the corpse was recovered eleven weeks later near Lake Geneva. His body was reburied under 6 feet (1.8 m) of concrete to prevent further attempts

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  • Shiv, Karkala

    Mon, Aug 16 2010

    It is easy to say that "we should follow Gandhi's principles, than erecting statues".

    How many of us following his principle of "Vegetarianism". When the Karnataka Govt introduced the Anti Cow Slaughter Bill, all minority group cried as if their life is gone. This is also included in the Constitution of India.

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  • Tom Cat, Mangalore/ Saudi Arabia

    Mon, Aug 16 2010

    This home minister neither has shame or feels guilty, when he knows very well that his leader Godse killed Gandhi.This is reason why doctors are murdered now-days because doctors do not remain doctor rather a butcher in this case ACHARYI supported people to attack churches and those harmless nuns. A good doctor will not abandon his profession that because I am a professional my self. Doctors Hypocrisy.

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  • Alban D Souza, Udyavara Doha Qatar

    Mon, Aug 16 2010

    Spread the principles of Mahatma Ghandi rather than erecting statues! What is important is his teachings not the statue.

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  • The Guru, Mangalore

    Mon, Aug 16 2010

    John max, Mangalore/USA

    Your community mascaot killed so many people in pak, afganistan etc dont u feel ashamed for that..

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  • Dr Kiran Acharya, Manipal

    Mon, Aug 16 2010

    @ mark, muscat, mangalore
    Charlie Chaplin episode is a dead horse. We now know that the director of "international" fame neither had money/plan nor permissions for the said statue. It was a publicity stunt!! In the process of defaming the govt, they forgot a small point- Charles Chaplin was not a christian! (he is a Jew!). Controversies apart,where is proposed statue/ movie by your "internationally" acclaimed director? If I read the news right, it was supposed to come up in innovative film city within 3 months of controversy at Baindoor!!!

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  • Ruchir Agarwal, mangalore

    Mon, Aug 16 2010

    Great to install statue of Ghandiji rather than of any politician

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  • KPNisha, Mangalore

    Mon, Aug 16 2010

    Mr. John, even these days his members like Mutalik backed by BJP put garland of slippers on Gandhiji's statue. Shame on them !!!. So another statue for Mutalik to play around.

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  • mark, muscat, mangalore

    Mon, Aug 16 2010

    IS IT PROPER PLACE ( BEACH )? THE COASTAL PEOPLE ( SOME )PROHIBITED TO INSTALL THE STATUE OF CHARLIE CHAPLIN A WORLD FAMOUS SILENT FILM ACTOR. IMAGINE HOW THEY ARE ? OUR NATION FATHER MAHATMA GHANDHI STATUE MUST BE ERECTED IN GOVT OFFICES, LIKE-PANCHAYAT OFFICE,MUNICIPALITY, AND WHERE THERE IS COMMUNAL PROBLEMS. AND NOT IN BEACHES, GANNDHIJI IS NOT ONLY A POLITICAL LEADER, WE CAN SAY A GREAT SPIRITUAL.

    WE HAVE SOME ENTERTAINMENT PLACES AND PLAYING PARK. THOSE PLACES ARE FOR SOCIAL LIFE, ENJOY, ENTERTAINMENT, PLAY, LAUGH. NICE TO SEE VERY FEW GATHERED FOR INAUGORATION. GANDHIJII STATUE CAN BE PLACED IN SOME OTHER GOOD PPLACES, TO REMIND US NOT TO CORRUPT OUR NATIONS, NOT TO BRIBE, NOT TO FIGHT,ETC.

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  • John max, Mangalore/USA

    Sun, Aug 15 2010

    Acharya must have felt so bad...because his party's mascot Godse killed Gandhiji.

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  • Anand Mwlwin, Shankerpura,Saudi Arabia

    Sun, Aug 15 2010

    I am happy to see Malpe with all facilities to attract more tourists. Malpe beach is a nice place & if govt. doing some more things like repairing road,parking facilities,food stalls,rooms for reasonable rates etc. thanks to all dehind this great work.

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  • K. RIZWAN ALI, UDUPI

    Sun, Aug 15 2010

    ADVE SIR U R ART WORK VERY VERY GOOD

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  • fathima, mangalore

    Sun, Aug 15 2010

    I think time has come to stop the culture of erecting the statues of political leaders. Already we have plenty of them in our country. Also stop naming/renaming of places or structures that are built using taxpayer money!

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