On the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti, Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled a 108-feet statue of Lord Hanuman via video conference in Gujarat’s Morbi 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.
The statue is the second of four that are being built across the country as part of the ‘Hanumanji Char Dham’ project. The statue has been built in the west, at Bapu Keshvanand ji’s Ashram in Morbi.
In 2010, the first statue in the series was set up in Himachal Pradesh’s Shimla. The work on the third statue, in the south at Rameswaram has started.
“Ram Katha is also organized in different parts of the country. Whatever be the language or dialect, the spirit of Ram Katha unites all, unites with devotion to God. This is the strength of the Indian faith, our spirituality, our culture, and our tradition,” added PM Modi.
“When it came to establishing good over evil, Lord Rama, despite being capable, accomplished this task of taking everyone along, connecting everyone, connecting people of every section of the society and connecting everyone. That is what everyone’s efforts are all about,” he added.
The festival of Hanuman Jayanti is celebrated to mark the birth anniversary of the Hindu god by the devotees of Lord Hanuman. This year the festival will be celebrated on Saturday