vijayawada in a heartwarming gesture a farmer from ampapuram village of krishna district recently installed a statue of his pet dog who died due to sickness in 2016 outside his house he has been doing charity in its memories for last seven yearssunkara gnana prakasa rao had adopted anji in 2007 after both his daughters got married and moved to other cities for him anji was a member of the family however the dog fell sick and died in july 2016 rao slipped into depression after anjis demise he performed the final rights of his pet since then he has been observing anjis death anniversary by doing charity in its name on sauturday rao installed anjis statue outside his house which was inaugurated by vedic scholars by offering special prayersi never treated anji as a dog he was my family and we can never forget him he lives on in our memories and we want it to be forever so we have installed anjis statue and arranged a small roof so it wont we damaged due to rain and the sun rao told toi