AndhraPradesh, a destination with a variety of attractions including beaches, hills,
wildlife, forests and temples. The state has a rich cultural heritage and is
known for its rich history, architecture and culture. Andra Pradesh is one of
the 28 states of India, situated on the south-eastern coast of India. It is
India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its
capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.
TheBuddha Statue of Hyderabad is a monolith located in India. It is the world's
tallest monolith of Gautama Buddha, erected on Gibraltar Rock in the middle of
Hussain Sagar.
Hyderabad
is the capital of the state of Telangana (separated from Andhra Pradesh on 2
June 2014). Between 1983 and 1989, N. T. Rama Rao served as the Chief Minister
of Andhra Pradesh. During his tenure, he spent large sums to erect several
statues of people from the region's political and religious history. During his
visit to New York, he saw the Statue of Liberty and was inspired by the efforts
to restore it. He said "I wanted something like that great place to
visit... That would have been my contribution to society."
Rama
Rao chose to depict Gautama Buddha because "he was a humanitarian who told
the whole truth to the people. It is our pride." After a long search, he
found a solid white granite rock near Raigiri, Bhongir(Nalgonda District) on a
mountainside 46 km outside Hyderabad. In October 1985 NTR inaugurated work on
structure. For over a year, hundreds of labourers helped the temple architect
and builder S.M.Ganapathi Sthapati create the statue. After five years and the
expenditure of US$3 million, the statue stood at 58 feet (18 m) and weighed 350
tons, making it the world's tallest monolithic statue of the Buddha.A concrete
platform measuring 15 feet (4.6 m), now referred to as the "Rock of Gibraltar,"
was constructed in the middle of Hussain Sagar to aid in erecting the statue.
The roads of the city were also widened for this purpose.
This
statue is located at Lumbini Park in the Hussain Sagar Island can be reached by
boat in 15 minutes. The statue is near to Lakdi-Ka-Pul, Khairatabad and
Assembly Hyderabad metro stations.
Then
government of Andhra Pradesh led by N. T. Rama Rao was ousted in 1989. By the
next year, the statue was ready for erection. ABC Limited, a local company, was
given the responsibility of transferring the statue onto the concrete platform.
Using a trailer vehicle, the statue was brought to the shore of Hussain Sagar.
On 10 March 1990, company workers shifted the statue on top of a barge. After
traveling only 100 yards (91 m), the statue tipped and fell into the lake. The
accident killed 10 people.
After
a two-year salvage operation, the statue was pulled out of the lake.[2] On 1
December 1992, the statue was installed on the platform successfully. In 2006,
the Dalai Lama consecrated the statue after performing a ritual.
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