Gopalakrishna Gokhale at Chennai

 

Marina beach has many statues.  .. .. You may not  have observed this statue inside Madras University Complex  in front of the Senate house opposite to present MGR / Jayalalithaa samadhi at Marina beach .. .. .. the man Gopala Krishna Gokhale.

 

  Gokhale    (1866 – 1915)  was a social reformer and a leader of the moderate faction of Indian  Independence Movement. Gokhale was a senior leader of the Indian National Congress and the founder of the Servants of India Society.  Gokhale campaigned for Indian self-rule and for social reforms. 

 

Photo of Gokhale taken this evening  … .. a Black Kite (Milvus migrans) [Parunthu] perched on the statue.

 
S Sampathkumar
2.2.2026