50-foot Sri Ram statue to be installed at Mantralayam
The Hindu
Sri Subudhendra Teertha, peetadhipathi of Sri Raghavendra Swamy Mutt in Mantralayam, Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh, has said a 50-foot tall Sri Ram statue will be installed at the main entrance of Mantralayam, opposite the 32-foot Anjaneya statue,which has already been established, at a cost of ₹5 crore.
He was speaking to reporters in the mutt during the 400th Patthabhishekham of Sri Raghavendra Swamy on Monday. “The statue will be installed on 3.2 acres of area, which has been marked for the purpose. Sculptor Krishnamurthy and his team will carve the statue and install it in Mantralayam before the Sri Ram statue is inaugurated at Ayodhya. The entire area will be developed with a garden. Visitors can have the darshan of Sri Ram after paying obeisance to Anjaneya,” the swamiji said.
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