With a height of 182 metres, the Statue of Unity is the world’s tallest statue. It is located in the Kevadiya colony along the Narmada River in Gujarat. Facing the Sardar Sarovar Dam 100 kilometres southeast of the city of Vadodara, this statue depicts freedom fighter Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. An adherent of Mahatma Gandhi, Patel was the first deputy prime minister and home minister of independent India. He was an eminent leader who united 562 princely states of the pre-independence India to form the single Union of India.
This project was first announced in 2010 but its construction began only in October 2013. The statue was designed by sculptor Ram V. Sutar, and it was built at a total cost of Rs. 2,700 crores. On 31 October 2018, the 143rd anniversary of Patel’s birth, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated it.
The Statue of Unity is divided into 5 zones, but only 3 among them are accessible to the general public.
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