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India plans 725ft monument to Hindu god Ram one month after setting record for tallest statue
November 26, 2018
India is planning to build the world’s tallest statue in northern Uttar Pradesh state, just weeks after breaking the record by inaugurating a statue twice the height of the Statue of Liberty.
The proposed 725-foot high bronze statue of the Hindu god Ram at Ayodhya, his supposed birthplace some 420 miles southeast of New Delhi, will be taller than the 600-foot high tribute to Sardar Patel erected in western Gujarat state, which was built at a cost of £330 million.
The planned height of Ram’s statue, however, will equal that of another monument being planned off Mumbai’s coast to honour the 17th century Hindu warrior king Shivaji.
Officials said Uttar Pradesh’s chief minister Yogi Adityanath, who belongs to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), had on the weekend approved the bronze model of Ram to be constructed on the banks of the Saryu river at Ayodhya.
State information secretary Avaneesh Awasthi said experts were conducting soil and wind tests to select an ‘appropriate spot for the statue’, but declined to provide additional details of either the cost or the monument's building schedule.
Indian workers give the finishing touches to the world's tallest statue Credit: SAM PANTHAKY/AFP
The area around the statue will house a museum portraying Ram and other Hindu gods in addition to depicting Ayodhya’s history.
The temple town of Ayodhya has been at the heart of BJP politics since 1992 when Hindu hardliners tore down a 16th century mosque built by a Mughal king, claiming it marked Ram’s exact birthplace.
Within hours of the mosque's demolition, sectarian rioting broke out across India leading to the deaths of 2000 people, mostly Muslims.
Right-wing Hindus stand on blocks prepared for making a new temple as they gather for a rally to demand the construction of a Ram temple in Ayodhya Credit: AP
India plans 725ft monument to Hindu god Ram one month after setting record for tallest statue
November 26, 2018
India is planning to build the world’s tallest statue in northern Uttar Pradesh state, just weeks after breaking the record by inaugurating a statue twice the height of the Statue of Liberty.
The proposed 725-foot high bronze statue of the Hindu god Ram at Ayodhya, his supposed birthplace some 420 miles southeast of New Delhi, will be taller than the 600-foot high tribute to Sardar Patel erected in western Gujarat state, which was built at a cost of £330 million.
The planned height of Ram’s statue, however, will equal that of another monument being planned off Mumbai’s coast to honour the 17th century Hindu warrior king Shivaji.
Officials said Uttar Pradesh’s chief minister Yogi Adityanath, who belongs to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), had on the weekend approved the bronze model of Ram to be constructed on the banks of the Saryu river at Ayodhya.
State information secretary Avaneesh Awasthi said experts were conducting soil and wind tests to select an ‘appropriate spot for the statue’, but declined to provide additional details of either the cost or the monument's building schedule.
Indian workers give the finishing touches to the world's tallest statue Credit: SAM PANTHAKY/AFP
The area around the statue will house a museum portraying Ram and other Hindu gods in addition to depicting Ayodhya’s history.
The temple town of Ayodhya has been at the heart of BJP politics since 1992 when Hindu hardliners tore down a 16th century mosque built by a Mughal king, claiming it marked Ram’s exact birthplace.
Within hours of the mosque's demolition, sectarian rioting broke out across India leading to the deaths of 2000 people, mostly Muslims.
Right-wing Hindus stand on blocks prepared for making a new temple as they gather for a rally to demand the construction of a Ram temple in Ayodhya Credit: AP
