Virajpet Clock Tower

Virajpet Clock Tower

Clock Tower
Location	Virajpet
Coordinates	12°11′49″N 75°48′08″E / 12.1970°N 75.8023°E / 12.1970; 75.8023
Type	Memorial
Beginning date	5 February 1914
Opening date	January 1915
Dedicated to	Commemorate the coronation of King George V

Virajpet Clock Tower is a clock tower in the town of Virajpet in Kodagu district, in the Indian State of Karnataka. The tower was built to commemorate the coronation of George V at the Delhi Durbar in 1911, and was inaugurated in 1915.^[1] To mark its centenary, a philatelic cover was released by Karnataka Postal Circle on 16 January 2015.^[2]

The piece of land for the construction of the clock tower was donated to the Virajpet Town Municipal Corporation by the Mukkatira family of Kodavas residing in a village Devanageri near Virajpet at the time.^[3]

The foundation stone of the tower was laid by then Chief Commissioner of Coorg, Sir Hugh Daly on 5 February 1914. Following 11 months of construction work, it was inaugurated in January 1915, by then District Magistrate R. K. Ellis in January 1915.^[1]

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