Arun Yogiraj will carve out the Netaji statue from a huge black jade granite stone that will be transported to Delhi from Telangana. The statue will be placed at India Gate
Arun Yogiraj presented a 2-ft statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose to PM Narendra Modi last month. @narendramodi
Mysuru-based sculptor Arun Yogiraj has been selected to carve the statue of Subhas Chandra Bose at India Gate under the grand canopy behind the erstwhile Amar Jawan Jyoti.
The design of the 30-feet statue has been done by a team from the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) under the Ministry of Culture, headed by its Director-General, Adwaita Gadanayak.
Yogiraj will carve out the Netaji statue from a huge black jade granite stone that will be transported to Delhi from Telangana.
The Netaji statue isn’t Yogiraj’s first stint in sculpting iconic figures. He is also the man behind the 12-foot statue of Adi Shankaracharya at Kedarnath, which was unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last year.
Who is Arun Yogiraj?
Arun Yogiraj is the son of renowned sculptor Yogiraj Shilpi. According to a report by The Indian Express, the 37-year-old artiste comes from a family of Mysuru palace artists. An MBA by education, Yogiraj worked with a private firm for a few years before taking up the ancestral work in 2008.
Before creating the final stone sculpture of Shankaracharya for Kedarnath, Yogiraj had created a two-feet model for approval by concerned authorities, including the PMO.
He presented a similar two-feet model of the Bose statue to PM Modi last month.