| 1. Arun Yogiraj, an Indian artist and sculptor, created notable statues like the 30-feet Subhash Chandra Bose at India Gate and the 12-feet Adi Shankaracharya in Kedarnath. |
| 2. He also sculpted the white Swami Ramakrishna Paramahamsa in Mysore and a 15-feet BR Ambedkar in Mysore. |
| 3. His sculpture 'Ram Lalla' was installed at Ayodhya's Ram Temple on 22 January 2024. |
| 4. Arun Yogiraj comes from a family of sculptors in Mysore spanning five generations. |
| 5. His father, B.S. Yogiraj Shilpi, and grandfather, Basavanna Shilpi, were well-known sculptors in Mysore. |
| 6. Yogiraj's grandfather received patronage from the King of Mysore. |
| 7. After earning an MBA from Mysore University, he briefly worked in the HR department of a private company. |
| 8. He left his job to pursue sculpting as a career in 2008. |
| 9. Initially, his mother was against him following the family tradition of sculpting but later supported his decision. |
| 10. In 2016, Yogiraj created a 10-feet statue of Late King Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar from white marble imported from Austria. |
| 11. The statue was installed in Mysore before the wedding of the Late King's great-grandson. |
| 12. In 2020, he was commissioned to create a life-sized statue of "The Common Man" by Mysore railway authorities. |
| 13. The statue was made of clay and later moulded in fiber. |
| 14. A 12-feet tall 3-D statue of Adi Shankaracharya by Yogiraj was unveiled in Kedarnath in 2021 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. |
| 15. He turned down a project from the Czech Republic to complete the Adi Shankaracharya statue. |
| 16. Yogiraj sculpted a 30-foot tall Subhash Chandra Bose statue in black jade granite stone in Delhi in 75 days. |
| 17. In 2022, he created a 21-foot-tall statue of Lord Hanuman in Hoysala style and installed it in Mysore. |
| 18. His sculpture 'Ram Lalla' was selected for installation at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya by the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust. |
| 19. To create the idol, he studied features of five-year-old children and took almost eight months to complete the process. |
| 20. He received congratulations from notable figures like former Chief Minister B. S. Yediyurappa. |
| 21. Yogiraj made other notable statues including those of Swami Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, BR Ambedkar, Nandi, Banashankari Devi, Sri U.R. Rao, and God Garuda. |
| 22. He has contributed to Sculpture Camps at State and National levels and conducts workshops on traditional sculpting techniques. |
| 23. Yogiraj has also worked on sculptures commissioned from countries like the Netherlands, USA, Australia, Sri Lanka, UK, and Germany. |
| 24. He used to co-manage a sculpture school in Mysore named Kasyap Shilpa Kalanikethana with his father. |
| 25. His other works include a 21-feet tall Hanuman statue at Chunchanakatte in Mysore district, a 15-feet tall sculpture of BR Ambedkar, and a six-feet monolithic statue of Nandi. |
