Dalit organisations announce plan to build Buddha Gaya memorial
Mysuru: After opposing the Ramadas family from constructing the Sri Ram Mandir, a section of Dalit organisations announced on Tuesday the building of the Buddha Gaya of South India in Harohalli village.
This is the place from where the Krishna Shila for the Ram Lalla idol installed at the Ayodhya Ram Mandir was selected. Speaking to reporters, former mayor K Purushottam informed that on Wednesday at 11am, the foundation for the proposed memorial would be laid by planting a sapling of a Peepal tree.
"This event will be held to mark the 2,569th Buddha Poornima," he said. "Buddha and Ambedkar memorial will be built here on the land donated by local Dalit leaders, including the Ramadas family, to guide our society," he said.
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