Vice President to unveil Swami Vivekananda Statue

27th July 2013 02:59 PM

Vice President Hamid Ansari will unveil the statue of Swami Vivekananda to be installed in the Kowdiar park here on September 11.

According to sources in Vivekananda Kendra, Kanyakumari, which is in charge of setting up the statue, the Vice President has consented to unveil the statue being installed as part of the year-long country-wide observance of the 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda.

The 9.5-feet tall bronze statue and the ‘mandapam’, in which the statue will be placed, are being made in the sculptors village of Mahabalipuram near Chennai.

The unveiling of the statue on September 11  will also coincide with the anniversary of Swami Vivekananda’s historic Chicago address.

Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation  donated the land in Kowdiar Park to   Vivekananda Kendra and the Birth Anniversary Committee as a mark of the city’s adoration and respect to one of the country’s greatest spiritual leaders of all time.

The statue, along with the specially designed mandapam, will be installed at a cost of Rs one crore.

Various organisations and individuals have come forward to contribute to the installation.

The State Government had allocated a budgetary provision of Rs 15 lakh for the project.

Various media organisations have also come forward to support the project.

However, Vivekananda Kendra sources said that they required more money to complete the project and was expecting donations for the noble cause.

The statue of Vivekananda is being installed here in view of the fact that he had spent nine days here, during his historic Kerala tour before proceeding to Kanyakumari.

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