Mysore/Mysuru: Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara (SDM) Educational Institutions Vice-President D. Surendra Kumar said that a Memorial for Jain queen Rani Chennabhairadevi will be built at the theme park to come up near Karwar, the district headquarters of Uttara Kannada. He was speaking after inaugurating the two-day National Seminar on ‘Jain religion: Pro-social thoughts’ organised by Hampi Kannada University’s Jain Literature Studies Centre and SDM Women’s College, Mysuru, at SDM Women’s College in Krishnamurthypuram here on Monday.
Pointing out that Rani Chennabhairadevi, who was from Gerusoppa, was a great warrior who had warded off Portuguese invasion, Surendra Kumar regretted that the queen had not been given her due. As such, Dharmasthala Dharmadhikari Dr. Veerendra Heggade, who is now a RS MP, had sought a 10-acre area from the Government for the construction of her Memorial. Now, the Government has sanctioned the land and the Memorial would come up at the theme park near Karwar, he said adding that the Memorial will feature the queen’s life and brave deeds, photographs, literature and documentary.
