India, July 23 -- Higher and technical education minister Chandrakant Patil on Tuesday directed the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to construct a memorial for legendary singer-composer Sudhir Phadke, popularly known as Babuji, in the Kothrud area.

Patil said it should be set up on the lines of the memorial already under construction for noted Marathi lyricist and poet Gajanan Digambar Madgulkar, popularly known as Ga Di Ma. Both Phadke and Madgulkar are revered for their iconic collaboration on Geet Ramayan, a musical rendering of the Ramayana that has gained immense popularity among Marathi-speaking people across the world.

"The PMC is in the final stage of constructing Ga Di Ma's memorial at Kothrud. Since both Ga Di Ma and Babuji c...