Photos: All you need to know about Modi's giant Sardar Patel statue

  [caption id=“attachment_1203961” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] The Statue of Unity is a proposed 182 metres (597 ft) monument of Sardar Patel that will be directly facing the Narmada Dam near Bharuch in Gujarat. Source: statueofunity.in[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_1203909” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] The statue Sardar Patel, also called the statue of unity will be world’s tallest statue after it is constructed.  Source: statueofunity.in[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_1203925” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Sardar Patel’s statue that will be directly facing the Narmada Dam is 3.2 km away from the river bank. Situated on Sadhu island, it is near Bharuch in Gujarat .[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_1203939” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] A bridge will be constructed that will connect the statue on Sadhu island to the bank of the river.  A memorial, visitor centre buildings, a memorial garden, a hotel, a convention centre, an amusement park, research centres and institutes will also be constructed. Source: statueofunity.in[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_1203949” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Narendra Modi and L K Advani will lay the foundation stone of the ‘Statue of Unity’ of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on 31 October, 2013. Source: statueofunity.in[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_1203963” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Narendra Modi is building the Sardar Patel statue at a cost of almost $340 million (Rs. 2074 crore). Source: statueofunity.in[/caption]