Unissued Commemorative: 500yrs of Sri Krishnadevaraya?

[kansal888]

The stage is set to relive the grand coronation of Vijayanagara emperor Sri Krishnadevaraya on 27th January 2010  world heritage site of Hampi five centuries after he founded the empire in the Deccan plateau of south India. Hailed as the 'golden era' of prosperity, pomp and glory, the 16th century Vijayanagara empire was an epoch-making event in Indian history, as the illustrious emperor - a valiant warrior, great general and master military strategist had also sown the seeds of democratic administration.

Krishnadevaraya left behind a rich legacy of artefacts, treasury troves, temples, palaces, exquisite monuments and a royal city that was declared in 1986 a world heritage site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco). To celebrate the 500th anniversary of the coronation in a grand style, the Karnataka government has decked up Hampi, around 15 km from Hospet in Bellary district, and organised a three-day festival (utsav) from Jan 27-29.

'A foundation stone to build a theme park with a 25-foot-tall bronze statue of Krishnadevaraya will be laid during the fest. The park will project the history of Hampi and Vijayanagara kingdom,' state Tourism and Infrastructure Minister G. Janardhan Reddy told IANS. The park on the banks of the Tungabhadra river will be built on the lines of Akshsardham temple on the banks of the Yamuna river in Delhi.

A commemorate stamp and a coin on Krishnadevaraya is planned to be issued to mark the mega event.

[Bimat]

That's really a nice theme!I'm curious to see the design.Also,what will be the denomination of coin?

Aditya

[Kid Romeo]

That's a great news 

[kansal888]

I hope GOI will not depict the bust of Krishnadevaraya on the coin (too bland) but move to something more interesting. The great king is known for art and architecture.

BTW, two books were released yesterday (but no stamp / coin). Since the inauguration function is over, I am having second thoughts if the coin will be released at all or not. The news of coins/stamp release was earlier carried by three sources:

(a) Sify.com, IANS, some newspapers on 26th Jan 2010
(b) Half page advertisement in one leading newspaper yesterday
(c) Government of Karnataka website on Krishnadevaraya celebrations
http://www.krishnadevaraya.in/schedule_pro.html

Let's keep the fingers crossed and hope that the coins is released...

[Kid Romeo]

Yeah...I searched for news about the coin release yesterday and found out that the Karnataka government has requested GOI for release of a coin and stamp to commemorate the occasion but its yet to get approval.

[Bimat]

Yeah...I searched for news about the coin release yesterday and found out that the Karnataka government has requested GOI for release of a coin and stamp to commemorate the occasion but its yet to get approval.

The South Indian lobby in government is strong,so there should not be any problem with the approval.If Annadurai can appear on coin,why not Krushnadevaraya? ;)Anyway,it's a very nice theme,but it should not show portrait of king,as Sanjay said

Aditya

[kansal888]

I think the BJP government of Karnataka has requested the centre to issue the coins on Krishnadevaraya. the Karnataka then jumped the gun and announced the coin without waiting for the response of GOI. They announced the coin in newspaper ads as well as on their website. For the reason best known to them, the GOI has not approved the coin yet.

Frankly, I dont see any reason why the coin was rejected by GOI. Krishna Deva Raya was a great king of Vijaya Nagar Empire. The king is known for Kannada, Tamil, Telgu and Sanskrit literature; temples and architecture of Hampi.

In the past they have released coins on little known personalities like Narayanguru, Dyaneshwara, Basaveshwara, Tukaram, Durgadass  etc;

 

[Bimat]

Centre says no to coin

TNN | Jul 6, 2011, 04.13am IST

BANGALORE: The Centre has turned down Karnataka's long-pending demand for a commemorative coin to celebrate the 500th year of Vijaynagar king's coronation Sri Krishnadevaraya.

In his June 1 letter to chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee said: "We have looked into the request. As you are aware, there is acute shortage of coins in the country. All our mints are busy with achieving the target of indents placed by Reserve Bank of India... I wish to convey our inability to accede to your request. Kindly appreciate our restraints."

The letter was in reply to the CM's request in April for a commemorative coin.

Source: Times of India

[Vivek]

  misseda chance to have Hampi,Krishnadevraya,veerupakshi temple minted on coin  ...why don't government increase capacity of the mints..or may be new mint in central India??
Vivek

[Patney]

The permission to issue a commemorative coin has not be given, as it a request my BJP rule state to Centre Government rule by the Congress, Clash of Political Interest. 

[Figleaf]

I can understand the reasoning. There is much pressure on the mints to supply more coins in view of ongoing local shortages of coins. Making new dies and relatively short runs would distract from their main task: providing sufficient circulation coins.

What I cannot understand is why they have issued so many other commemorative coins. If there is insufficient capacity for this proposal, there should not have been sufficient capacity for at least some of the other proposals.

So here is my counterproposal

• Issue the Krishnadevaraya coin a years too late. Nobody will care.
• In future, plan commemorative themes three to five years ahead; strictly deny proposals that came in too late. This will prevent short-term, politically inspired themes and advantage predictable, historical themes.
• Calculate needed capacity and issue commemorative coins only when there is spare capacity
• Withdraw 50 paise coins, this will liberate much capacity immediately

Note that these measures will not cost anything. Proceeds of commemoratives may be missed, but better payment system will more than offset the loss.

Peter

[Bimat]

No mints free to manufacture coins commemorating Vijaynagar dynatsy ruler Sri Krishnadevaraya

Published: Wednesday, Jul 6, 2011, 14:49 IST
By HM Chaithanya Swamy | Place: Bangalore | Agency: DNA

The state government's request to manufacture coins to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the coronation of Vijayanagar dynasty ruler Sri Krishnadevaraya has received a negative response from the Union finance ministry.

Replying to the request, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee wrote to the state that the commemorative coins could not be issued as all the mints were busy dealing the acute shortage of coins in the country.

"I have had the matter look into. As you are aware there is acute shortage of coins in the country... all our mints are busy achieving the target of indents placed by RBI. In addition, the mints have also received huge indents of coins from RBI for the upcoming years which will result in stretching all resources of mints to undertake the jobs in hand within the given timeframe," read Mukherjee's reply.

Along with chief minister BS Yeddyurappa, Bellary district in-charge minister G Janardhana Reddy had also written to the finance ministry requesting issue of the commemorative coins on Krishnadevaraya.

Reacting to the Centre's decision Reddy said, "(Pranab) Mukherjee has to take the initiative to manufacture the coins and pay respect to the Vijayanagar dynasty. Vijayanagar is one of the historical places in India. Home minister P Chidambaram was also informed about the request for commemorative coins during the function to mark the 500th anniversary of Krishnadevaraya's coronation. The coins must be manufactured to uphold the history of Vijayanagar dynasty."

Informing that a fresh request would be made to the finance ministry, Reddy said a copy of the letter would be sent to the Union government. The minister suspected that some officials might be against the manufacturing of coins on Sri Krishnadevaraya.
The Centre had earlier released postal stamps on the 50th anniversary of Krishnadevaraya's coronation.

The state government and Vijayanagar Dynasty Development Authority have organised the 500th Puttabhisheka Mahotsava and formed the Hampi Development Authority. A theme park, at a cost of Rs100 crore, is also being planned.

Source: DNA

[Coinsforever]

Much awaited !

May be in 2012 this coin will be issued and hope our mints take out some spare  schedule  to mint these coins.

Cheers

[kansal888]

Dear Friends

The FM's story about mints not free to make the Krishnadevaraya coin is (bovine excrement). The coin was not approved due to petty politics. The coin proposal was put up by a state which is ruled by principal opposition party. Therefore it was not approved.

In one year, GOI has approved 10-12 coin proposals - many of them questionable. The latest being 100 years of Civil Aviation. Last year, coins were issued on 60 years of Commonwealth. You will be surprised to know that none of the major Commonwealth nations issued any coins on its 60 years.

I feel that events like 100 years of civil aviation or 60 years of Commonwealth have no significance for India. Still GOI gives them more priority than events directly associated with rich culture and history of India (read: Krishnadevaraya)

Oracle bhai..ye kya ho raha hai??

Regards
Sanjay Kansal

[The Oracle]

Dear Friends

The FM's story about mints not free to make the Krishnadevaraya coin is (bovine excrement). The coin was not approved due to petty politics. The coin proposal was put up by a state which is ruled by principal opposition party. Therefore it was not approved.

In one year, GOI has approved 10-12 coin proposals - many of them questionable. The latest being 100 years of Civil Aviation. Last year, coins were issued on 60 years of Commonwealth. You will be surprised to know that none of the major Commonwealth nations issued any coins on its 60 years.

I feel that events like 100 years of civil aviation or 60 years of Commonwealth have no significance for India. Still GOI gives them more priority than events directly associated with rich culture and history of India (read: Krishnadevaraya)

Oracle bhai..ye kya ho raha hai??

Dekhiye janab baat aisi hai

we are not able to decide who we are.  what bharatvarsh actually stands for did india come into being in 1947, 1757 (start of british occuption) or has it existed for thousands of years.  If we look at ourselves from the indus valley civilization prism of 5000 years than all our so called modern comems after 1947 have been hogwash and petty politics.  you asked a question on the other thread about nanda and his significance to modern india.  why kamraj, why durgadas, why pratap, why all of the other personalities.   Except gandhi in 1969 all the coins IMHO have had vested interests backing them.  why we are even celebrating income tax a tool that was used to impoverish india.  the railways under british did the same thing.  We are celebrating 150 years of events and institutions which were used to oppress us for the first 90 odd years of their existence.

Their contribution to nation building started in 1947 and not before.  Look at the designs and show me one country that has the same design on 2 or 3 or 4 denominations.  that itself is ridiculous.  The same tiger is sitting on the RBI 4 coins etc.  This in itself is a most ridiculous thing.  Good coins are made out of a good system, and good systems are made from knowledge sadly we are lacking in all these aspects. 

jaisa desh waise log, jaise collectors waise coins.  tough to digest but all of us are collectively responsible for the sad state of affairs every 2 or 3 years we change the designs of our definitive coins, sometimes metal, sometimes size, sometime designs.  coins which are supposed to circulate do not so there we go