Suvarna Vidhana Soudha
| Suvarna Vidhana Soudha | |
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| ಸುವರ್ಣ ವಿಧಾನ ಸೌಧ | |
Suvarna Vidhana Soudha is the seat of Karnataka's Legislative assembly in Belagavi
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| General information | |
| Architectural style | Neo-Dravidian |
| Location | Belagavi, Karnataka |
| Town or city | Belagavi |
| Country |
 India
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| Coordinates | 15°48′48″N 74°34′17″E / 15.813427°N 74.571488°E |
| Construction started | 2007 |
| Completed | 2012 |
| Inaugurated | 11 October 2012 |
| Cost | ₹4 billion (US$62 million) |
| Owner | Karnataka Government |
| Height | 150 feet (46 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 4 + 1 basement |
| Floor area | 145,730 square metres (1,568,600 sq ft) |
| Design and construction | |
| Main contractor | B.G. Shirke Construction Technology Pvt. Ltd. |
| Other information | |
| Seating capacity | 300 Members |
Coordinates: 12°58′47″N 77°35′26″E / 12.979693°N 77.590658°E
The Suvarna Vidhana Soudha is a new legislature building of the State of Karnataka in Belagavi in the Belgaum district of Northern Karnataka. It was inaugurated on 11 October 2012 by President Pranab Mukherjee.
The Suvarna Vidhana Soudha has been so named to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Karnataka's formation day. The building is a four floored structure with a total built-up area of 60,398 sq.m. and consists of an Assembly hall that seats 300, a Council hall for 100 members, a 450-seat Central Hall, 38 ministerial chambers and 14 meeting halls. It also has conference halls, a banquet hall, secretariats for both the houses of legislature, meeting halls and office accommodations. The entire complex is located on 127 acres of land that was acquired from farmers in the area. The Ashok Chakra atop the main dome of the building, measuring 3.68 metres by 2.11 metres and weighing 6.50 tonnes was created by the V T N Creative Art Studio in Bangalore.The facade of the building has the motto 'Work is Worship' (kayakave kailasa) given by 12th century poet Basavanna inscribed on it.
The Suvarna Vidhana Soudha was constructed as a part of Karnataka's reiteration of its control over Belgaum in its inter state rivalry with Maharashtra for control of the district. While the proposal to build a legislature building in Belgaum to counter Maharashtra's claim to the area had been mooted several years ago, it was after HD Kumaraswamy became Chief Minister that the project gained momentum. In 2007, B. S. Yeddyurappa, the then Deputy Chief Minister who held the finance portfolio allotted funds to build the new legislature building. While it was originally to have come up at Tilakwadi, it was subsequently relocated to its present location at the Halga-Bastwad area of Belgaum, 10 km from the city and just off the Bangalore-Mumbai highway, which is a part of the Golden Quadrilateral project. The bhoomi puja for the original building was performed by the then Chief Minister, Kumaraswamy in 2007 while his successor, Yeddyurappa performed it for the construction of the building at its new venue in 2009.
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