Illustrating the concept of Statue of liberty that symbolizes freedom and friendship, statue of Swami Vivekananda standing tall in the heart of the city will grab the attention of denizens soon reminding them his valuable preaching.
Adding on to the beauty of one of the most prominent lake situated in middle of the bustle of Capital City popularly known as ‘Bada Talab’ among the Ranchiites will be decked up with the ‘Youth Icon’s statue. The principles and ideologies of Swami Vivekananda will induce the sentiments of youths of the tribal State, inculcating the feelings of nation building among all. With few major inscriptions, enfolding Vivekananda advocacy and thoughts will be inked around the figurine at an islet centrally located at Ranchi lake to inspire everyone.
The 55 ft. carving of Swami Vivekananda will be the first of its kind in India and is expected to set another benchmark by grabbing coveted honor of the highest statue of Vivekananda set up here after the 22 ft. Swami’s figurine at Nagpur decked up at a park recently.
Renowned artist, pioneer of monumental sculptures and a recipient of Padma Bhushan Ram V Sutar have been assigned the task of designing 35 ft. bronze figurine after the State cabinet nod on further moving the project ahead and will be the part of the ponds beautification, restoration project carried out under the supervision of Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC). The government owned metallurgical firm, MECON limited has taken up the civil work.
“The detailed project report (DPR) on geophysical aspects and other civil facets has been covered by MECON eight months back. The primary report has been submitted. The final DPR is with RMC to examine all feasible aspects before the work commences in full-fledged manner. The tender work is in pipeline at present. However, before January 12, contractors will be given the project. The work is likely to get over in September 2017 to mark the month when Swami delivered his maiden speech at Chicago, US,” said, Sports Director, R Kumar.
Notably, in January 2016, CM Raghubar Das laid the Foundation stone of this ambitious project to boost the tourism sector and increase tourists inflow in State Capital but the project got delayed as no such prominent partner was ready to take up the project then.
“The project is a collaborative effort of several departments. In an attempt to hand over the project to some eminent person or organisation to give shape to the vision, the department consulted Shantinektan and other sculptures as well but things did not turn out as expected. Finally, the project was handed to Ram V Sutar. His team headed by Anil V Sutar inspected the spot a week ago. The figurine is being prepared at his Foundry located at Noida. Total height of the figurine including the civil structure will be approximately 55 ft.,” added Kumar.