Lagatar24 Desk
Karnataka, Jan 14: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar will unveil the 112-foot-tall Adi Yogi statue at Sadhguru Sannidhi in Karnataka’s Chikkaballapura on Sunday.
Along with Vice President Dhankhar, Karnataka Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot and Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai will also be present at the inaugural event. Thousands of people are likely to participate in the statue inaugural event and Isha Foundation has also designed a 14-minute light and sound show – the ‘Divya Darshanam’ – on the eve of Makar Sankranti.
The Adi Yogi statue in Chikkaballapura is going to be an imitation of a popular statue at Isha Yoga Center in Coimbatore. In 2017 Prime Minister Narendra Modi had inaugurated the bust at the Coimbatore centre.
However, that event led to protests by environmental activists and local residents who had accused the Isha Yoga Center of building the centre in violation of various laws and environmental rules and regulations. A public interest litigation (PIL) was filed against the construction.
On Friday, the Karnataka High Court granted permission for Isha Foundation to conduct the inauguration ceremony but ordered status quo on the construction activities at the site.
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“A division bench of the Karnataka High Court clarified on Friday that Isha can proceed with its scheduled function of Adiyogi Unveiling in Chikkaballapura on January 15, 2023 as planned,” read the statement. The court also stressed that no trees should be cut for the event as they are not allowed to go ahead with construction activities.
