PM Modi will visit Hyderabad on Saturday on the occasion of Basant Panchami. During this, the Prime Minister will dedicate the statue of Vaishnava saint Ramanujacharya Swami ‘Statue of Equality’ to the nation. The presentation will commence at 5 pm. The Statue of Equality is the world’s largest statue made of Ashtadhatu. It has been included in the Guinness Book of World Records.
The statue has been erected in the Ramanujacharya temple built at a cost of about Rs 1000 crore. Earlier, PM Modi will visit the International Institute of Crop Research (ICRIST) in Patancheru, Hyderabad and start the 50th anniversary celebrations of ICRIST.
1001 years of the birth of Sant Ramanujacharya Swami
The Statue of Equality and Ramanujacharya Temple are built on 45 acres of land. The ancient edifice of the temple is spread over an area of about 1.5 lakh square feet, which is 58 feet high. The Statue of Equality has been put atop it.
The Statue of Equality and Ramanujacharya Temple are built on 45 acres of land. The ancient edifice of the temple is spread over an area of about 1.5 lakh square feet, which is 58 feet high. The Statue of Equality has been put atop it.
It has been 1001 years since the birth of the Vaishnava saint Ramanujacharya Swami, who talked about equality for the first time in India. A huge shrine of Ramanujacharya has been built in Hyderabad. There are two idols of Ramanujacharya at the temple. The first statue of Ashtadhatu is 216 feet high, which has been placed, it has been dubbed Statue of Equality.
The second idol is situated in the sanctum sanctorum of the temple, which is made of 120 kilogramme gold. This temple built in Ramnagar, around 40 kilometres from Hyderabad, has several features.
First magnificent temple of saint of Sanatan tradition
So far such a huge temple has not been built for any saint of Sanatan tradition. Ramanujacharya Swami is the first saint whose statue has been put in such a significant scale. The construction of the temple commenced in 2014. The large statue of Ramanujacharya is made in China. The cost of which is roughly 400 crores. This is the largest statue constructed of Ashtadhatu. It has been included in the Guinness Book of World Records.
Who was Sant Ramanujacharya
Vaishnava saint Ramanujacharya was born in the year 1017. He was the creator of Vishishtadvaita Vedanta. He was born in Tamil Nadu and gained initiation from Alvar Yamunacharya in Kanchi. He gained initiation from a sannyasin named Yathiraj of Srirangam. He propagated Vedanta and Vaishnavism by going all throughout India.
He also produced many Sanskrit scriptures. Of these, Sribhashyam and Vedanta Sangrahalaya are his most famous texts. He died in 1137 at the age of 120. Ramanujacharya was the first saint who preached about devotion, meditation and maintaining Vedanta apart from caste restrictions. Ramanujacharya was the first to discourse about religion, salvation and equality in life.
