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The Statue of Equality was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 5, 2022 on the outskirts of Hyderabad, a gigantic statue of Ramanujacharya.

The statue was dedicated to the world to mark the 1000th birth anniversary of the Vaishnavite saint Ramanujacharya.

The statue is 216-feet tall and erected in the 45-acre land in the outskirts of Hyderabad. It is mounted on a 54-ft high base building named ‘Bhadra Vedi’ and has floors devoted to a digital library and research center, ancient Indian texts, a theatre, and an educational gallery detailing many works of Shri Ramanujacharya.

Moreover, the statue is made of ‘Panchaloha’ which is a combination of five metals - gold, silver, copper, brass, and zinc. The statue will be the tallest metallic statue in a sitting position in the world. The Statue of Equality is built in the outskirts of Hyderabad. 

Born in 1017 CE in Sriperumbudur, Kanchipuram in Tamil Nadu, Ramanujacharya is revered as a Vedic philosopher and social reformer. He travelled across India, advocating equality and social justice.

Ramanuja revived the Bhakti movement, and his preachings inspired other Bhakti schools of thought. 

From the time he was a young budding philosopher, Ramanuja appealed for the protection of nature and its resources like air, water, and soil. He went on to write nine scriptures known as the navaratnas, and composed numerous commentaries on Vedic scriptures.

Why is it called the Statue of Equality?
Ramanuja was an advocate of social equality among all sections of people centuries ago, and encouraged temples to open their doors to everyone irrespective of caste or position in society at a time when people of many castes were forbidden from entering them.

He took education to those who were deprived of it. His greatest contribution is the propagation of the concept of “vasudhaiva kutumbakam”, which translates as “all the universe is one family”.

He travelled across India for several decades, propagating his ideas of social equality and universal brotherhood from temple podiums. He embraced the socially marginalised and condemned, and asked royal courts to treat them as equals. He spoke of universal salvation through devotion to God, compassion, humility, equality, and mutual respect, which is known as Sri Vaishnavam Sampradaya.

We are celebrating his 1,000th birth anniversary as the ‘Festival of Equality’, upholding the view that the world is one family.

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