Will Place Proposal To Name Bangalore Metro After Basavanna: Siddaramaiah

Will Place Proposal To Name Bangalore Metro After Basavanna: Siddaramaiah

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday said that he will place a proposal before the Centre to name the Bangalore Metro Rail project, popularly referred to as "Namma Metro", after the 12th...

Karnataka CM proposes renaming Namma Metro as 'Basava Metro'

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday said that he will place a proposal before the Centre to name the Bangalore Metro Rail project, popularly referred to as “Namma Metro”, after the 12th century social reformer Basavanna. The CM was speaking at the closing ceremony of the ‘Basava Culture Campaign-2025’ organised to mark the anniversary of “Vishwaguru Basavanna” being declared as the “Karnataka Cultural Leader” in the presen…

Namma Metro gone? Karnataka proposes to rename Bengaluru metro as 'Basava Metro'

Basavanna, revered as Vishwaguru Basavanna, was a 12th-century saint and statesman who founded the Anubhava Mantapa, the first democratic spiritual assembly, and championed equality and social reform.