Statue of Unity: World's Tallest Statue
- The statue stands 182m tall, as compared to the Statue of Liberty at New York which is at 93m.
- Four times as tall as the Statue of Liberty: India’s new monument to its ‘Iron Man’.
- It is the world's tallest statue with a height of 182 meters (597 ft). Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Rashtriya Ekta Trust (SVPRET), a special purpose vehicle was established by the Government of Gujarat for its construction and the outreach programme was carried out across India starting December 2013.
Built at a cost of Rs 3,000 crore, Sardar Patel’s Statue of Unity is twice the size of the world-famous Statue of Liberty in New York.
