Prime Minister unveiled the 182-metre-high Statue of Unity, on the occasion of 143rd birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (October 31, 2018), India’s first Home Minister as well as First Deputy Prime Minister.
The Statue is twice the Statue of Liberty and is the tallest in the world.
It was built at a cost of Rs. 2989 crores and is located in Narmada District of Gujarat, 3.2 kms downstream of Narmada Dam.
The statue was designed by Padma-Bhushan winning sculptor Ram V Sutar and was built by Larsen and Toubro and the state-run Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Ltd.
It stands 177 feet higher than the current world’s tallest, China’s Spring Temple Buddha in the central Henan province.