Mr. Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India is set to inaugurate “Statue of Equality” in Hyderabad, on the 5th of February.
Announced on the 21st of January, Friday, the statue, described as the ‘Statue of Equality’, is located in a 45-acre complex at Shamshabad on the outskirts of the city.
A press release regarding the same was released by the Government of India. The release read, “Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate the Statue of Equality to the world on February 5, 2022. It is a 216 feet tall statue of Sri Ramanujacharya, an 11th century Bhakti saint, and a revolutionary social reformer.”
Born in 1017 at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu, Ramanujacharya liberated millions from social, cultural, gender, educational and economic discrimination with the foundational conviction that every human is equal regardless of nationality, gender, race, caste or creed. He opened the doors of temples to all people, including those subjected to extreme discrimination. He remains a timeless icon of equality for social reformists around the world,
The event, along with a 1,035 ‘yaaga’ fire oblation, is said to be the largest in modern history, and other spiritual activities like mass mantra-chanting are to be conducted as part of Ramanuja Sahasrabdi ‘Samaroham’. Notably, the 5th of February would mark the 1,000th birth anniversary of the saint. While the event of the historic inauguration would begin from the 2nd of February, the statue would be unveiled on the 5th of February.
Telangana Chief Minister Mr. K. Chandrasekhar Rao would be co-hosting the event with renowned spiritual guru Chinna Jeeyar Swami, the release said. Several other chief ministers, politicians, celebrities and actors would also attend the function. The Rs 1,000-crore project was funded entirely by donations from devotees globally. The inner sanctorum deity of Ramanujacharya is made of 120 kg of gold to commemorate the 120 years the saint walked this earth.
President Ram Nath Kovind would unveil the inner chamber of the statue of Ramanuja on the 13th of February. Whereas, the outdoor 216-foot statue would be one of the tallest statues in a sitting posture, it said.
The statue is made of ‘panchaloha’, a mix of five metals – gold, silver, copper, brass and zinc
The complex has identical recreations of 108 Divya Desams, the 108 ornately carved Vishnu temples mentioned in the works of the Alwars, mystic Tamil saints.
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