The martyrs memorial at Gun Park may have become the symbol of Telangana struggle but four decades after installation and even after birth of the new state, it still awaits a formal inauguration and, its creator, his dues. The memorial turned a monument symbolizing rebellion in recent years with students and politicians courting arrest at the Gun Park. Its place in the history of Telangana state was further cemented when the state’s first chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao paid his respects at the memorial early Monday morning before being sworn in. This statue, a 25-feet tall one is the handiwork of Aekka Yadagiri Rao, 74, a nationally acclaimed sculptor, who retired as Professor in Department of Sculpture from JNTU (Fine ...

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