Hyderabad: PM Modi inaugurates 216-Foot ‘Statue Of Equality’

The 216-foot tall ‘Statue of Equality’, honouring the 11th-century Hindu saint Ramanujacharya was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, February 5.

“This statue of Ramanujacharya ji is a symbol of his knowledge, detachment, and ideals,” he said.

As per Prime Minister’s Office, the Statue of Equality commemorates Ramanujacharya, who promoted the idea of equality in all aspects of living including faith, caste and creed.

“Today Ramanujacharya ji is giving us the message of equality in the form of a huge Statue of Equality,” said the Prime Minister.

The statue is made of ‘panchaloha’, a combination of five metals: gold, silver, copper, brass, and zinc and is among one of the tallest metallic statues in sitting position, in the world.

It is mounted on a 54-feet high base building, named ‘Bhadra Vedi’, has floors devoted for a Vedic digital library and research centre, ancient Indian texts, a theatre, an educational gallery detailing many works of Sri Ramanujacharya.

The statue – among the world’s tallest – has been conceptualised by Sri Chinna Jeeyar Swami of Sri Ramanujacharya Ashram.