The Prime Minister will unveil a 216-foot statue of the 11th century Vaishnava saint Sri Ramanujacharya, at the Sri Chinna Jiyar Swami Ashram in Muchhinthal village on the outskirts of Hyderabad.
- The statue made in China with 1,800 tonnes of ‘panchalohas’, was brought to India in parts and reassembled at the site.
- From the setting up of this statue, which is going to be the second-largest sitting statue in the world, there is a lot of uniqueness in this design.
- The Statue of Equality (Samata Murthy), the statue of Ramanujacharya, seated and was erected in his memory 1,000 years after his birth.
- Flags from all over the world, including Islamic countries, have been erected here to appeal to people from all walks of life.
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