An announcement of building a museum to the late footballer Diego Maradona was made by a Kerala-based businessman, who brought football legend Diego Maradona to the state in 2012. The museum is to be set comprising of a golden sculpture of the all-time great and other memorabilia related to him. Bobby Chemmanur, Chairman of the Chemmanur group is the one who made such an announcement.
He said the exact location of the museum was not decided but it will be either in Kolkata or somewhere in Kerala. “It will be named “Hand of Gold”, depicting the crucial goal he scored in the 1986 World Cup. It will showcase his professional and personal life. Gold sculpture will be the main attraction,” he said in Kochi on Monday. “The museum will be best of its kind. It is my tribute to the all-time great. It will be a storehouse of information about him. We have already started collecting memorabilia related to him,” said Chemmanur.
Bobby said curator of the museum will be artist-writer Bony Thomas, a founder trustee of the Kochi Biennale Foundation. Bobby Chemmanur recalled his long friendship with Maradona. He said once the CEO of famous Jewellery Chain has gifted a miniature gold statue of the football legend who while accepting it with a broad grin expressed his desire to see a life-size gold sculpture related to his “hand of gold” posture. “I find it is my duty to fulfil his wish,” he said. Kerala has observed two-day mourning for his death. The football legend had visited the state in 2012 and celebrated his 52 birthday in north Kerala’s Kannur and as a part of his celebration he cut a large 25-kg football-shaped cake, sang and danced and kicked many balls to galleries for the ecstatic fans.
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