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Shiv Smarak in Mumbai: PM Modi lays foundation stone for Rs 3,600 crore Shivaji Memorial

23:20, Friday, 06 January, 2017
Shiv Smarak in Mumbai: PM Modi lays foundation stone for Rs 3,600 crore Shivaji Memorial

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday laid the foundation stone for the grand memorial of Maratha warrior king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in Mumbai, a project worth a whopping Rs 3,600 crore.
     The memorial -- Shiv Smarak -- will be constructed in the Arabian Sea off the Mumbai coast. The statue is expected to be the world's tallest. It will be 210 metres tall — the height of a 12-storey building, constructed entirely in the sea on an oval-shaped rocky outcrop of 15.96 hectare.
     Shiv Smarak will surpass the height of the Statue of Liberty in New York and the under construction Statue of Unity of Saradar Vallabhbhai Patel in Gujarat.

For the foundation stone-laying ceremony, PM Modi reached Girgaum Chowpatty at around 1.30 pm with Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray.
     PM Modi then reached the location for the 'bhumi puja' on board a hovercraft, and dropped holy water and mud into the sea at around 3 pm.

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