Scholars and retired professors associated with Mysuru Mahaprabhugala Vichara Vedike have urged the authorities concerned to install a statue of Sri Mummadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar in a suitable place in Mysuru as the Maharaja was instrumental in laying the foundation for Modern Mysore.
“The government should treat their plea as a special case in the wake of the court orders banning statues of persons in public places for paying tributes to the generous and benevolent king,” they said.
They stated that there are statues of Sri Chamaraja Wadiyar X, Sri Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar, and Sri Jayachamaraja Wadiyar on Albert Victor Road, on the northern side of the Mysuru palace. However, Sri Mummadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar does not have a similar memorial. Only a bust of the late Maharaja exists on the premises of Maharaja’s PU College on JLB Road.
