Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy the man

statues of Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy with even facial expressions, for installation memorials planned by the government at YSR Smruthi Vanam at Pavuralagutta where his helicopter crashed, Idupalapaya Valley in Kadapa district where he was buried and near the IMAX theatre in Hyderabad.

Responding to public tenders issued by the government to make statues for the three memorials, Mr. Prasad made prototype fibreglass models and brought them to the Secretariat on Friday. He showed them to Minister for Information J. Geeta Reddy and Minister for Municipal Administration A. Ramnarayan Reddy, members of a Cabinet sub-committee constituted to oversee construction of the memorials.

RS. 18 LAKH

He offered to make each YSR statue in bronze in standing posture (20 ft high) attired in dhoti and full-sleeve khadi shirt, for Rs. 18 lakh, while a Mumbai-based firm quoted Rs. 30 lakh for the same.

BIGGEST STATUE

Mr. Prasad, a graduate hailing from Jampana near Tenali in Guntur district, gave the State its biggest YSR statue (26 ft high) installed at Yanam. He also made the images of P.V. Narasimha Rao and Agrasen Maharaj (both installed in Jubilee Hall) and Telangana Talli (TRS Bhavan). He says there is heavy demand for YSR's statues from all over the State. Flooded with orders, he works round-the-clock at his 'silpashala' with a retinue of workers.

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Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy (Telugu: వై.ఎస్.రాజశేఖర్ రెడ్డి) (8 July 1949 -- 2 September 2009), popularly known as YSR, was a two-time Chief Minister of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. His popularity is often attributed to various welfare schemes and development programs he championed for the people of his state.[1] In the words of Yahoo 'YSR was a mass leader who ruled the hearts of people in Andhra Pradesh'.[2] The BBC called him a champion of social welfare schemes.[3]
He was elected to the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th Lok Sabha from the Kadapa constituency for four terms and to the Andhra Pradesh Assembly for five terms from the Pulivendula constituency. His candidature won every election he contested.[4] In 2003 he undertook a three-month-long paadayaatra, or walking tour of 1475 km during the very hot summer months, across several districts in Andhra Pradesh as a part of his election campaign.[5] He led his party to victory in the following general and assembly elections held in 2004. He repeated the feat in 2009. He is the only chief minister of AP to have come back to power after being in office for a full term.
On 2 September 2009, a helicopter carrying Reddy went missing in the Nallamala forest area. On the morning of 3 September 2009, media reported that the helicopter wreckage had been found on top of Rudrakonda Hill, 40 nautical miles (74 km) from Kurnool. This was later confirmed by the Prime Minister's office. Five people aboard this ill fated helicopter were pronounced dead at the scene of the crash. Rumors and conspiracy theories about a highly influential Indian business tycoon's involvement in his untimely death exist
Reddy was married to Vijaya Lakshmi.[9] They have a son, Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy and a daughter, Sharmila. Jagan Mohan Reddy is a former INC politician. He currently runs his own political party named Y.S.R. Congress (Yuvajana Sramika Raithu). Reddy recently contested and won the Kadapa Lok Sabha by-election with a record 5 lakh plus majority.[10][11] YSR's younger brother Y. S. Vivekananda Reddy is also a Congress(I) politician.
Reddy's parents were devout Christians[12] as was he; and he was buried according to Christian rites.[13] Reddy visited Bethlehem and other historically important Christian places in Israel twice. He visited Tirupati regularly
Son of late Sri YS Raja Reddy, a dynamic leader in his heyday, Rajasekhara Reddy evinced interest in politics right from his student days. While studying in MR Medical College, Gulbarga, Karnataka, he served as president of the Students union. He was elected leader of the House Surgeon's Association in SV Medical College, Tirupati.
After completing MBBS, he served as Medical Officer at the Jammalamadugu Mission Hospital for a brief period. In 1973, he established a 70-bed charitable hospital, named after his father late YS Raja Reddy at Pulivendula.His family also built and ran a degree college and a Polytechnic college in Pulivendula. These educational institutes were later handed over to the Loyola Group of Educational Institutions. A junior college in Simhadripuram, near Pulivendula, is run by his family.[citation needed]. Reddy is the only congress chief minister to complete his entire tenure (2004--2009)without any interruption.

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[PakpakBoo]

YSR polluted tirumala and he went to he'll.