PM Modi to unveil 112-foot tall Shiva statue in Coimbatore 24-Feb-2017: 5 facts to know!
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be unveiling 112-foot tall statue dedicated to 'Adiyogi' (a form of Lord Shiva who according to the Hindu tradition is considered the first of yogis) in Coimbatore on the occasion of Maha Shivratri. The statue has been funded by Isha Foundation, founded by the popular yoga guru Jaggi Vasudev. The foundation has been mired in controversies since 2012. Tribal associations in the Coimbatore region allege that the statue lack approvals too, since the construction was not approved by the Hill Area Conservation Authority. Here are five interesting facts about the statue that you would like to know:
1) The Face of Lord Shiva statue is made of steel: Guru Jaggi Vasudev said, 'the face of Lord Shiva is made of steel. The face is not just for aesthetics, it has geometric significance. A unique way of crafting a metal statue,' he said. 'Essentially, we have taken small pieces of metal and put it together. This is a very hard way to do it, but it is the most inexpensive. This is unique, it hasn't been used elsewhere,' he added.
2) It took 8 months to build the statue: "We took about 2.5 years to design the face but our in-house team built it in eight months. It is an incredible feat of engineering and has been done in a very unique way," Vasudev said.
3) It weighs 500 tonnes: "We have done it on a small budget, but in quite an ingenious manner. Also, we have made Adiyogi in such way that it needs least amount of maintenance, which is important long-term," Vasudev said. According to an official, the whole structure is estimated to weigh around 500 tonnes!
4) The reason behind the statue being 112-foot tall: Queried about the significance of 112 feet, Vasudev said: "Symbolically, 112 is a significant number because Adiyogi opened up 112 possibilities for human beings to reach their ultimate potential." According to him, there is also a scientific significance, there are 112 chakras in the human system, with which you can work, to explore 112 dimensions of life. "In pursuit of the divine, you don?t have to look up because it not somewhere else. Each of the 112 possibilities is a method to experience the divine within you. You just have to pick one," Vasudev added.
5) The face of Adiyogi will be the largest face of its kind on the planet: "This face is not a deity or temple, this is an iconic inspiration. The idea is not to build one more monument but to use it as a galvanizing force towards self-transformation," Vasudev said. According to him, in the yogic culture, Shiva is not known as God, but as Adiyogi or the first yogi, the originator of yoga. "He was the one who first put this seed into the human mind that one can evolve if one is willing to strive. Yoga went everywhere not as a religion, belief system or philosophy but as methods," he elaborated.
Posted by: Ravi Narasimhan <ravi.narasimhan.in@gmail.com>
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