Latest News | Maha: Basaveshwara Statue in Latur Won't Be Shifted for Highway, Say Officials

Latur, April 22 (PTI) A bronze statue of 12th-century social reformer Basaveshwara in Maharashtra's Latur city won't be shifted to make way for a national highway, the authorities said on Saturday.

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As national highway and civic officials gave in writing that the 30-foot-tall statue won't be removed, local Congress leaders led by Dr Arvind Bhatambre ended their hunger strike.

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Bhatambre and others began their agitation on April 19 to oppose the plan to displace the nearly three-decades-old sculpture of the revered figure and demanded that the alignment of the carriageway be changed.

Basaveshwara was a philosopher, social reformer and statesman who attempted to create a casteless society and fought against caste and religious discrimination. He spread social awareness through his poetry, popularly known as “Vachanaas”.

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