Question: PM Modi will unveil 216-foot statue of saint Ramanujacharya in which of the following city?
(a) Varanasi
(b) Chennai
(c) Hyderabad
(d) Bengaluru
Answer: (c)
Related Facts:
- PM Narendra Modi will inaugurate a 216-foot statue of Ramanujacharya in a sitting position in Hyderabad on February 5, 2022, to celebrate the 1,000th birth anniversary of the saint.
- Ramanujacharya was a 11th century saint and a revolutionary social reformer.
- The statue will be called as the ‘Statue of Equality’.
- It is located in a 45-acre complex at Shamshabad on the outskirts of Hyderabad in Telangana.
- The project is built at a cost of ₹1,000-crore, which was funded entirely by donations from devotees globally.
- President Ram Nath Kovind will unveil the inner chamber of the statue of Ramanujacharya on February 13, 2022.
- The Statue of Equality is the world’s second-tallest statue in a sitting position.
- The Buddha statue in Thailand is considered as the world’s tallest statue in a sitting pose.
BY: AMIT GUPTA