Gujarat's Statue of Unity has been closed till March 25, amid coronavirus outbreak in India. This is for the first time since its inauguration in 2018 that Statue of Unity will be closed.
Billionaire businessman, Anand Mahindra never fails in grabbing attention with each and every social media post. He makes sure that his followers never get bored with his posts.
The 'Statue of Unity', the world's tallest statue, is a monumental tribute to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, independent India's first home minister as well as deputy prime minister. The statue was inaugurated in October 2018 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The Statue of Unity is a statue of Vallabhbhai Patel, the first home minister of the country. With a height of 182 metres, it is the world's tallest statue.
As the prime minister offered floral tributes, flower petals were showered on the world's tallest statue by an Indian Air Force helicopter.
PM Modi to visit Statue of Unity tomorrow to mark Sardar Patel's birth anniversary. A National Integration Parade has also been organized on this occasion tomorrow
Earlier on Tuesday, Modi arrived at Kevadiya to take part in the 'Namami Narmada' festival being celebrated by the Gujarat government to mark the filling up of the Sardar Sarovar Dam
The 597-ft tall Statue of Unity in Gujarat and Mumbai's Soho House have been featured by the Time magazine in its second annual list of the 2019 World's greatest places, a compilation of 100 new and newly "noteworthy destinations to experience right now".
Quick Reaction Team and Chetak Commandos of Gujarat Police took part in the exercise which was conducted to keep a high state of preparedness in case of a terror attack.
India is all set to get tallest Shiva statue. After the Statue of Unity, India will witness the tallest Shiva Statue.
UK based architects Norma Fosters have prepared the design and Naidu has almost finalised it with some minor changes.
The project, that will cover an area of around 400 acres and cost Rs 1200 crore, is likely to kick off within the next couple of months and completed within the next two years, says the report.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi innaugrated the Statue of Unity, the tallest statue in the world, on the occasion of Vallabhbhai Patel’s 143rd birth anniversary.
Apart from the Patel bronze figure, other major attractions include inauguration of a 17-km-long Valley of flowers, a Tent City for tourists near the statue and a museum dedicated to the life and times of Patel.
Lavishing praise on Patel for uniting over 500 princely states as India attained independence, Modi also made a pitch for the dream of 'One India, Superior India'.
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