Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate to the nation a 216-feet tall “statue of equality” which commemorates the 11th-century bhakti saint Sri Ramanujacharya, who promoted the idea of equality in all aspects of living, including faith, caste and creed.
A 216-foot statue of 11th-century saint Ramanujacharya ahead of its unveiling ceremony, at Shamshabad, on the outskirts of Hyderabad.
Modi will dedicate to the nation a 216-feet tall “statue of equality” which commemorates the 11th century bhakti saint Sri Ramanujacharya, who promoted the idea of equality in all aspects of living, including faith, caste and creed, it added.
The statue is made of ‘panchaloha’, a combination of five metals: gold, silver, copper, brass, and zinc. It is among one of the tallest metallic statues in sitting position in the world, it said.
The statue is mounted on a 54-feet high base building named ‘Bhadra Vedi’. It has floors devoted to a Vedic digital library and research centre, ancient Indian texts, a theatre, an educational gallery detailing many works of Sri Ramanujacharya, the PMO said.
The idol has been conceptualised by Sri Chinna Jeeyar Swami of Sri Ramanujacharya Ashram. Chief Minister of Telangana K Chandrasekhar Rao and My Home constructions MD J Ramaheshwar Rao are overseeing the arrangements here for the event.
