Remembering 'Swamiyavaru'
In the village Muddenahalli, most of old- timers, simply remember Visvesvaraya as Swamiyavaru. The villagers are proud of Swamiyavaru and his parents who lived in their village decades ago.
Muddenahalli is where Bharatha Ratna Sir Mokshagundum Visvesvaraya was born in 1860. Sir MV was said to have been attached to his native village Muddenahalli which is known for its landmark memorial museum and an age-old temple housing a Hanuman idol known to be worshipped by Sir MV's mother Venkatalakshmma.
"When I was young, Swamiyavaru had built a small house here beside his ancestral house. Our elders habitually used to call it Dewanara Mane (Dewan's house)," reminisces Madegowda, 80, of Muddenahalli. The second floor of this Dewan's house was converted into a museum showcasing many rare and interesting artifacts belonging to Sir MV. A branch of State Bank of Mysore has been functioning from the first floor of Dewanara Mane since 2010.
Two kilometres from Muddenahalli, in the village Kandavara, is a government primary school built in 1839, where Visvesvaraya completed his schooling in the early 1860s. In 1900, Sir MV added an additional block to this school.
Adjacent to the museum, there is park and samadhi with a high-raised pedestal on which a bust of Sir MV rests. Located in the backdrop of Nandi Hills, the Muddenahalli Memorial Garden is being maintained by the horticultural department of the State.
The Park is under a threat by large-scale stone quarrying in and around Muddenahalli. It's an unfortunate thing that quarrying is destroying the village of a man who is regarded as a visionary of the economic planning in India.
Sir MV's field of activities was vast and varied. The services he has rendered to the country as engineer and as Dewan of Mysore to turn it into a model state are undoubtedly immense. September 15th is celebrated as Engineers' Day in his memory.
Sir M Visvesvarya wrote in his book, Memoirs of my working life, that if any good is to come of independence, a speedy change has to take place in habits of people, education, knowledge of world affairs and working capacity. He was an able administrator, educationist and foresighted planner known for his dictum 'industrialise or perish.'
In the village Muddenahalli, most of old- timers, simply remember Visvesvaraya as Swamiyavaru. The villagers are proud of Swamiyavaru and his parents who lived in their village decades ago.
Muddenahalli is where Bharatha Ratna Sir Mokshagundum Visvesvaraya was born in 1860. Sir MV was said to have been attached to his native village Muddenahalli which is known for its landmark memorial museum and an age-old temple housing a Hanuman idol known to be worshipped by Sir MV's mother Venkatalakshmma.
"When I was young, Swamiyavaru had built a small house here beside his ancestral house. Our elders habitually used to call it Dewanara Mane (Dewan's house)," reminisces Madegowda, 80, of Muddenahalli. The second floor of this Dewan's house was converted into a museum showcasing many rare and interesting artifacts belonging to Sir MV. A branch of State Bank of Mysore has been functioning from the first floor of Dewanara Mane since 2010.
Two kilometres from Muddenahalli, in the village Kandavara, is a government primary school built in 1839, where Visvesvaraya completed his schooling in the early 1860s. In 1900, Sir MV added an additional block to this school.
Adjacent to the museum, there is park and samadhi with a high-raised pedestal on which a bust of Sir MV rests. Located in the backdrop of Nandi Hills, the Muddenahalli Memorial Garden is being maintained by the horticultural department of the State.
The Park is under a threat by large-scale stone quarrying in and around Muddenahalli. It's an unfortunate thing that quarrying is destroying the village of a man who is regarded as a visionary of the economic planning in India.
Sir MV's field of activities was vast and varied. The services he has rendered to the country as engineer and as Dewan of Mysore to turn it into a model state are undoubtedly immense. September 15th is celebrated as Engineers' Day in his memory.
Sir M Visvesvarya wrote in his book, Memoirs of my working life, that if any good is to come of independence, a speedy change has to take place in habits of people, education, knowledge of world affairs and working capacity. He was an able administrator, educationist and foresighted planner known for his dictum 'industrialise or perish.'