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| Telangana tumult deepens after |
| Telangana tumult deepens after statue mayhem
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| INDIA
, 16-March-2011
1:40:58 AM |
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Telugu luminaries were dragged into the ongoing Telangana turmoil when more than a dozen statues of Andhra icons were desecrated during a pro-Telangana march held at the Tank Bund here, sparking a massive public outcry on the issue.
During the 'million march to Hyderabad' organised on March 10 in support of the Telangana demand, 16 statues of Telugu personalities were either vandalised, uprooted or broken and thrown into the Hussain Sagar lake abutting the Tank Bund.
Some of the desecrated statues were of: King Sri Krishnadevaraya, whose reign is hailed as 'golden era' in the annals of Indian history, ancient poet Yerrapragada, who translated Mahabharat into Telugu, saint-composer Annamayya, who sang songs in praise of Lord Venkateswara, and social reformer Kandukuri Veeresalingam, who championed the cause of widow marriages in the early 20th century, and Gurram Jashua, a great Dalit poet.
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