Mysuru: The President of Sri Venugopala Swamy Temple Committee B.S. Sridhar Raje Urs will sit on a hunger strike in front Deputy Commissioner’s (DC) Office in Siddarthanagar demanding permission to construct temple tower (gopura) from 9.30 am on Dec. 23.
Speaking to Star of Mysore, Sridhar Raje Urs said this Sri Venugopalaswamy Temple is a heritage temple of over 130 years. About a few years back, the ceiling of this heritage temple which had religious motif was in a worn out condition. It was restored by the famous artiste Ganjifa Raghupathi Bhat using only the original natural colours specially prepared by him for this purpose.
