Statue of UNITY, INDIA

The Statue of Unity is a statue of Indian statesman and founding father Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in the Narmada district of Gujarat, India. It currently holds the record for the world's tallest statue, with a height of 182 metres or about four times as tall as the Statue of Liberty.
  • Location:
    Sardar Sarovar Dam, Kevadia, Gujarat 393155
    Year of Construction:
    2013 - 2018
    Built By:
    L & T Infrastructure Pvt Ltd.
    Spread Over:
    3000 acres
    Hight:
    182 Metres
    Designed:
    Ram V. Sutar
    Material:
    Steel Framing, Reinforced Concrete, Bronze cladding
    Cost:
    Rs. 2989 crores
    Significance:
    World's Tallest Statue
    Damaging Capacity:
    1. Wind velocity of 220 km per hour and                  2. Earthquake measuring up to 6.5 on the Richter Scale
    Purpose:
    Designed as a naturalistic and historically accurate representation of Sardar Patel, wearing characteristic garments, in a walking stance.
  • The number ‘182’ was a conscious choice representing the 182 Assembly constituencies of Gujarat. 
  • Apart from the statue itself, there are five other related sites that are constructed along with the world’s tallest statue. These include the walkway, the ticket counter, the food court, the four-lane approach highway, and the ‘Shrestha Bharat Bhavan’- a 52-room three-star lodging facility for the visitors coming to see the monument.
  • Altogether, 4,076 labourers were reported to have worked on the project. Around a thousand of those have worked on the cladding of the statue alone, which has been forged in China. They include around 800 locals and about 200 workers from China, who had been working in batches for two-three months each since September 2017.

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