The statue of the Bhakti saint marking a millennium will be the world’s second tallest when unveiled
“Ramanujacharya’s appearance has been designed based on carved stone images of the saint in Melkote and Srirangam temples,”
Started in 2016, the statue is in place now, while skilled workers are giving the finishing touches to the base, called Bhadravedi, that itself is 54 feet high.
Currently, the Great Buddha of Thailand is the tallest statue, at 302-feet. Once the Ramanujacharya statue is unveiled, it will become the second tallest, a distinction now held by the Guanyin figure on Mount Xiqiao in China’s Guangdong region, at 203 feet.The base of Ramanujacharya’s statue depicts 36 elephants and 27-feet-high lotus petals.
Near the statue will be a temple created with idol of the saint made of gold, weighing 120 kg for regular worship which will be part of the complex with replicas of 108 temples.
