Patna
With a towering height of 70 feet, the world’s tallest statute of Mahatma Gandhi was unveiled in Patna, Bihar. ‘Bapu’ is seen standing affectionately with two children on either side in the bronze statue constructed at the historic Gandhi Maidan. Funded by the state government, the Rs 10 crore statue, inclusive of a 30- feet-high pedestal, has been built by Delhi-based sculptor Ramsutar and Sons. With this, the Parliament statue in New Delhi where the ‘Father of the Nation’ is in a meditating pose, becomes the second tallest Gandhi statue with a height of 16 feet.