Future Tallest Statue In the World: Statue of Unity, Gujarat - India

Statue of Unity 

India’s on a mission to build the world’s tallest statue in Gujarat– and it will be a tribute to Indian freedom fighter, Sardar Patel.

This Sardar Patel statue that boasts to be twice the size of New York’s Statue of Liberty and taller than China’s Spring Temple Buddha, which at 128m rules as the tallest statue in the world, will be located in the Indian state of Gujarat.

With a vision to be at a height of 182m to forever capture the spirit of India’s ‘Iron Man’, bidders are already being invited from across the world to undertake this project; the latest issue of the Economist has a full-page advert inviting tenders.

Gujarat chief minister, Narendra Modi, wrote about the project in his official blog in October last year, stating that the memorial will serve as a “source of inspiration”.

Mr Modi wrote that the Sardar Patel statue would act as a “high-tech museum, chronicling 90 years’ history of India’s freedom fighters” and will also be developed as a research centre for “preserving the unity and integrity of India”.

“Thus, it would be standing high not just in meters and feet but much more in terms of academic, historical, national and spiritual values,” he added.

Mr Modi has said that he expects the project to be complete in three years and that it would be called the “Statue of Unity”. The project is expected to cost £162 million and proposals are to be handed in by July 11.

Sardar Patel was a close friend of Mahatma Gandhi, father of the Indian nation. Mr Patel was also the first home minister of independent India. source: asian correspondent

Giant Thiruvalluvar Statue in Kanyakumari, India

The Thiruvalluvar Statue, Kanyakumari – India

Greatness of Thirukkural :

Thirukkural is a precious gem among the classics, unique in the deliverance of code of conduct to the mankind to follow for all time to come. It enshrines in it 1330 couplets under 133 chapters, each chapter comprising 10 verses. The chapters again fall under three major divisions. Virtue, Wealth and Love. This treatise encompasses the whole gamut of human life and by Thiruvalluvar, its illustrious author illuminates every bit of it! This classical work written in Tamil, has been translated in over 60 languages of the world.

 The Government of Tamil nadu had a vision (for beyond) the Horizon. Yes to rise a statue for Thiruvalluvar in Kanyakumari, the southern tip of the mainland at the confluence of the three seas befitting the stature of this Saint-poet. The statue that was dedicated at the dawn of the new millennium, stands out as a beacon of light to guide human life for ever. 

Measures adopted for the statue of Thiruvalluvar :
The statue with 95' and the pedestial supporting it with 38ft, the structure is thus a standing mammoth commanding a total height of 133 feet. An artistic peripheral wall around the statue, thereby forms a captivating mandap. 

The measures what they stands for? :
The pedestal of the giant statue represents the 38 chapters on 'Virtue' and the 95' statue standing on the pedestal represents 'Wealth' and 'Pleasure' signifying that Wealth and Love be earned and enjoyed on the statue foundation of Virtue solid. 

The rocks for the statue came from :
Sirudhamoor, Pattumalaikuppam Hills and Ambhasamudram Hills, India.