Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is set to lay the foundation stone of a pedestal, during Diwali at Ayodhya, on which the much-awaited 107-metre statue of Lord Ram will be installed.
The height of the statue will be 151 metres as it will be installed on a 44-metre pedestal on the bank of the river Saryu and will be part of Tourism department’s ‘Naya Ayodhya’ project.
An official said in Lucknow on Friday that the actual place where the statue would be installed was yet to be decided but it would not be very far away from the river Saryu.
Yogi Adityanath on his visit to Ayodhya on November 6 will lay the foundation stone of the pedestal and the statue will be installed later, the official disclosed.
The statue will be built at a cost of Rs 330 crore. It will be made of bronze and a sculptor from Noida is working on it.
The government also plans to construct a museum near the statue. It will have an art gallery and an auditorium. The museum and the art gallery will depict the life of Lord Ram, while the auditorium will host Ramlilas by different troupes of the country, according to the official.