Arun Yogiraj
Dr. Arun Yogiraj (born 15 July 1983) is an Indian sculptor from Mysuru, Karnataka. He has carved the 30-feet statue of Subhash Chandra Bose, which was installed in the canopy behind the Amar Jawan Jyoti at the India Gate in New Delhi ahead of the 125th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. His idol of Ram Lalla, the child form of Hindu god Rama, is also installed at Ayodhya's Ram Temple. Education and background He is from Agrahara, Mysore. He is from a family of five generations of sculptors from Mysuru in Karnataka. Arun's father, Yogiraj, and grandfather Basavanna Shilpi were also famous sculptors. Arun completed his MBA from TTL College of Business Management, Mysore and worked in a private company before taking up sculpting full time from 2008. His father Yogiraj Shilpi passed away while Arun was still sculpting the Subhash Chandra Bose statue, in October 2021. He has a brother and a sister. He is married to Vijetha. Works Arun Yogiraj's recent work ...
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Mysore
Mysore (), officially Mysuru (), is a city in the southern part of the state of Karnataka, India. Mysore city is geographically located between 12° 18′ 26″ north latitude and 76° 38′ 59″ east longitude. It is located at an altitude of above mean sea level. Mysore is situated at the foothills of Chamundi Hills about towards the southwest of Bangalore and spread across an area of . Mysore City Corporation is responsible for the civic administration of the city, which is also the headquarters of Mysore district and Mysore division. It served as the capital city of the Kingdom of Mysore for nearly six centuries from 1399 until 1956. The Kingdom was ruled by the Wadiyar dynasty, with a brief period of interregnum in the late 18th century when Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan were in