HomeIndore‘Ahilya Memorial Should Be Known In The World’ ‘Ahilya Memorial Should Be Known In The World’ Art curator Rajiv Sethi visits proposed memorial site Staff ReporterUpdated: Sunday, June 29, 2025, 12:10 AM IST ‘Ahilya Memorial Should Be Known In The World’ | FP Image Indore (Madhya Pradesh): Art curator Rajiv Sethi said here on Saturday that he was overwhelmed after reading the biography of Ahilya Bai. He had not imagined that her work as a woman would be so amazing. “In the construction of the Ahilya memorial, I would like Ahilyabai’s life to get a place in it. The memorial would have to be shaped in such a way that it would not only have an identity in the country but in the world,” he said in the meeting of Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Memorial Trust here. “I will have to think deeply about what should be included in the construction of a memorial of such a personality. My imagination and desire is that this memorial should be known not only in the city and the state but in the entire world,” he said. Earlier, the Trust’s president Sumitra Mahajan presented the Trust’s view about the memorial. She said, “I am happy that Rajiv Sethi has voiced a sentiment that is more than our imagination and he has accepted our humble gesture of beautifying this memorial with his skills. If we are building a memorial in 2025, it should be a confluence of technology, modernity, history and heritage”. ‘Kya Kaaran Tha? Yeh Toh Bhagwan Hi Jaane’: Mika Singh Talks About Shefali Jariwala’s Sudden Death (Watch) Maharashtra News: 50-Year-Old Woman Preacher Found Murdered In Chinchadgaon Ashram Mumbai Crime: 3 Passengers, Including Woman Booked For Assaulting, Molesting 38-Year-Old Woman TC At CSMT Over Train Ticket Dispute Uddhav Thackeray, Opposition Leaders To Join Dharna Against 3-Language Policy At Azad Maidan On June 29 Air India Suspends Indore-Delhi Flight Due To Aircraft Maintenance & Technical Issues MP Shankar Lalwani also presented his vision about the memorial. Trustee Milind Mahajan, project architect Himanshu Dudhvadikar, Bhalu Mondhe, Shreya Bhargava and Sudhir Dedge shared their views. Smart City CEO Divyank Singh was also present in the meeting. Sethi visits Maheshwar, Rajwada & Rampur Kothi Trust secretary Ashok Daga said that Sethi was also shown the site of the under construction memorial along with the artists of the city. He also inspected the things present there, the building and Champa Bavdi. Sethi said. “Keeping all the facts in mind, I am committed to giving this memorial a shape that has recognition in the country and the world. I consider it a blessing of God that I am getting the opportunity to work for a woman like Ahilya Bai.” Follow us on RECENT STORIES ‘Ahilya Memorial Should Be Known In The World’ Indore: Heavy Vehicles Diverted, Road Repair Work On After 20-Hour Traffic Jam Madhya Pradesh: Four Persons Kill Youth In Nagda; Three Held Raja Raghuvanshi Murder Case: IRBA Holds Meeting To Create Safe, Crime-Free Tenancy System Indore: Woman Hangs Self Even As Hubby, Daughter Sleep In Same Room