:: Gandhi chowk, Jammikunta ::
Jammikunta city has four main roads. The junction of these four roads is known as Gandhi Chowk. It has circular area with green grass, and at the center the statue of Mohan Das Karamchand Gandhi who renowned as Mahatma Gandhi is located on its pedestal. The lateral surface of the pedestal is circular at lower and rectangular at upper. The four rectangular surfaces of the pedestal reveal the details about the donors of the statue, foundation stone, inauguration, and few words about Gandhi.
The lateral surface of the pedestal, which is in the East, has the following information. Jai Hind, Encouraged by N. Veeraswamy Naidu, Deputy Civil Administrator, Huzurabad, & Names of donors
The following words are engraved on the rectangular lateral surface of the pedestal in the West.
"Pedestal is donated by S.Baliah, Contractor, Hyderabad.
Raghupathi Raghava Rajaram - Patheetha Pavana Seetharam
Eeshwar Alla tere nam - Sab ko sammati de bhagawan
Mandir Masjid tere dham - Sab ko janma diya bhagawan
Nudivinantha vattu - Nadavagalgina
Satya Jeevanundu, Pathitha pavanundu
Thaminahimsaye vrathamuga manna
Mahathmudithadu, Bharathamba suthudu
Mahatma Mohan Das Karam Chand Gandhi
Birth: 02-10-1869, Death: 30-01-1948"
The South lateral surface of the pedestal shows that A. Satyanarayana, Civil Administrator of Karimnagar District laid foundation stone on 03-11-1949.
The North lateral surface of the pedestal contains that M.K.Vellodi, C.I.E; I.C.S Prime Minister of Hyderabad Government inaugurated the statue on 05-02-1950.
The statue of Gandhi is white in colour. The statue depicts Gandhi is old, he has a book in his hand, he wear spectacles and leather chappals, he is moving towards West. The Statue attracts the people with its originality and it is a rare among the Gandhi statues.
