RSS Sarkaryavaha Dattatreya Hosabale will inaugurate Shri Jagannathrao Joshi Memorial Bhavan at Sangha Sadan on Goods Shed Road in Belagavi on June 21.

The new building will house some offices of the RSS and affiliated institutions. It has meeting halls and an auditorium for cultural events.

It is named after the former MP Jagannathrao Joshi who hailed from Nargund in Gadag district. He was a member of the Lok Sabha from Madhya Pradesh in the 1960s and 1970s and the Rajya Sabha in the 1980s.

Sri Garusiddha Mahaswamy of Karanji Math will preside over the inaugural function.

RSS provincial convenor Basavaraj Dambal and other leaders will be present.

The event is being organised by Janakalyana Trust.

“This memorial hall has been built with the aim of spreading Joshi’s ideals of national service, sacrifice and thoughts among the next generation,” said managing trustee of the Janakalyana Trust Arvindrao Deshpande.