The campaign across the state for sacred mud collection to be used for the development of Kempe Gowda theme park at BIA will be flagged off by chief minister Basavaraja Bommai on October 21st infront of Vidhana Soudha.

Addressing a press conference on Wednesday, Dr. CN Ashwath Narayan, Minister and Vice-Chairperson of the Kempe Gowda Heritage Area Development Authority,.said, “The campaign will run till November 7 and during this period vehicles named as “Nadaprabhu Kempe Gowda Ratha”s will collect the sacred mud across all the districts of the state. The sacred mud thus collected will be used during the unveiling of 108 feet statue of the Bengaluru founder by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 11.”

To ensure the success of the campaign committees have been formed at the district level. When the vehicles enter the district they will be welcomed with ‘purna kumbas’, he explained.

The CEO of ZP in each district will be the nodal officer of the committee, he told.

Religious leaders, elected representatives, writers, progressive farmers, members of self help groups, senior citizens, milk producers federations and industrial associations will be involved in the campaign, Narayan stated.

Vinaydeep, Commissioner, Kempe Gowda Heritage Area Development Authority, Talakadu Chikkarange Gowda, Gangahanumaiah (members) were present.

Later, Minister Narayan visited the residence of former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda at padmanabhanagar, and invited him to participate in the inaugural event of sacred mud collection on October 21.