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Tallest statue in the world
182 m
597 ft
- Record holder
- Statue of Unity
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On an island in the Narmada River, facing the Sardar Sarovar Dam in the Indian state of Gujarat, the Statue of Unity stands 182 m tall. It depicts Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and outranks every other statue on record. Set on a 58 m base, it forms a monument 240 m high in total.
Those two figures are kept apart: a statue is measured to the highest point of the human or animal figure, leaving out masts, spires and bases, and the full height of the monument is given separately. The statue is roughly four times the size of the Statue of Liberty.
Construction by Indian company Larsen & Toubro started on 31 October 2013. The statue was unveiled on 31 October 2018, Patel's birthday. It cost ₹27 billion, or US$422 million. The site lies 100 km southeast of Vadodara.
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- Value, holder and date: Wikipedia article “List of tallest statues” (revision used 1378735731). Data from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Photo: Snehrashmi, Photo licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons).
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