Hareswar Bora,
Nagaon, July 19: The complete statue of Miles Branson, an American missionary who was the pioneer of modern Assamese language and also dedicated his service for christianity and native education in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, will be ceremonially unveiled by Kuladhar Saikia, the president of Asom Sahitya Sabha here at a function tomorrow at Nagaon Baptist Church. The 23 feet height statue of the great American missionary activist has been constructed by Nagaon Zila Sahitya Sabha in financial assistance from local MP Pradyut Bordoloi under his MP fund. The noted budding sculptor Lakhyajit Bora along with other 20 workers constructed the complete concrete statue of the great pioneer of modern Assamese language within two years. The sculptor Lakhyajit Bora used special cement and dust of marble to build up the statue. Lakhyajit Bora who completed degree of master of fine arts from Chhattisgarh Indira Art and Music University and is currently working as an art - teacher simultaneously in Royal Global School and Royal Global University, prepared the design as well as the model project for the complete statue and the concerned authorities of the Zila Sahitya Sabha as well as the local MP approved his entire concept for the proposed project.
It is noteworthy to be mentioned here that the sculptor Lakhyajit Bora has a series of experiences in construction of various statues as well as other works of art and sculpture across the state. Bora constructed the statue of the great musical maestro Dr Bhupen Hazarika at his cremation ground near Guwahati Jalukbari, Namghar Replica at Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra, fine arts work in museum at the directorate of cultural affairs, govt of Assam, statue of Bircha Munda, 20 feet height statue of Jungal Bolohu near at Raha, complete statue of Sahityarathi Lakshminath Bezbaruah at Nagaon Borkula village and other.
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