Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, April 16: On the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti, Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled a 108-foot statue of Lord Hanuman in Morbi, Gujarat, via video conference on Saturday.
“We have been seeing a similar grand Hanuman statue in Shimla for years now. The second has been established in Morbi today. I have been told that two more statues will be established in Rameswaram and West Bengal,” said PM Modi after the unveiling ceremony.
“This is not just a resolution for the establishment of Hanuman ji’s statues but it is also a part of the resolution for ‘Ek Bharat Shreshth Bharat’,”he added.
PM Narendra Modi unveils a 108 ft statue of Hanuman ji in Morbi, Gujarat through video conferencing, on #HanumanJayanti. This statue is the second of the 4 statues being set up in 4 directions across the country, as part of #Hanumanji4dham project pic.twitter.com/jWcJLu2xNI
— ANI (@ANI) April 16, 2022
The statue is the second of four sculptures being created in the four directions around the country as part of the ‘Hanumanji Char Dham’ project, according to an announcement from the Prime Minister’s Office.
In the west, at Bapu Keshvanand ji’s Ashram in Morbi, a statue of Lord Hanuman has been erected. In 2010, the first statue in the series was unveiled in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. According to a press release from the PMO, work on the third statue, which will be located in Rameswaram in the south, has begun.
