India

Statue of Unity

The one who defeated the British leaders in Satyagrah from Chedra and Bardoli, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was Bismarck of Modern India, who led the welfare of the peasants. He is known as the architect of the independent state of India, having merged all 562 different sovereign states to form one great Indian Republic. Shri Narendra Modi has decided to pay a respectful tribute which will be displayed for centuries worldwide and it will be a matter of pride for all Indians for this great man. Built in under five years, it is the world’s largest, most beautiful and largest statue. It is a gift to the man who co-founded India, Sardar Patel.

Built as a monument to the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the Statue of Unity is open to visitors from 9 am. Located in Gujarat’s Narmada district, the world’s tallest statue (about 600 meters), it is just 3.5 kilometers from the city of Kevadia and about 200 kilometers from Ahmedabad. For Gujarat tourism, which already has the Gann Rann of Kutch and Gaghi Sagittarius as the main attraction, the statue of unity is on its way to the list. During the first 11 days of its inauguration, the monument has already been visited by tourists close to 1,3 lakh.

Though lying on a far corner, the government is promoting this Rs 3,000 crore image as a major tourist destination. An average of 15,000 visitors are expected. This past weekend, headcounts were over 50,000. With double the height of New York’s world-famous figure, the corporate image is likely to also attract a good number of foreign tourists besides domestic tourists from all over India.

Apart from the photo itself, there are a few other attractions that attract tourists around including the flower valley, the natural beauty of Spura and the Vindhyachal hill outside the Sardar Sarobar dam on the main Narmada river.