Statue of Oneness

September 23, 2023

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister recently unveiled a 108-foot-tall statue of the 8th-century spiritual leader Adi Shankaracharya in Omkareshwar town.
The foundation stone for a Rs 2,200-crore ‘Advait Lok’, which will contain a museum, situated on Omkareshwar Mandhata Hill, overlooking the Narmada river, was also laid.

ABOUT STATUE OF ONENESS

Other statues

Statue of Equality on the outskirts of Hyderabad to commemorate the 11th-century Bhakti saint Sri Ramanujacharya on his 1,000th birth anniversary.

In 2018, Statue of Unity in Gujarat’s Kevadia was inaugurated in memory of former deputy Prime Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

The ‘Statue of Oneness’, conceptualised around six years ago, depicts Shankaracharya as a 12-year-old child when he is said to have visited Omkareshwar, which has one of the twelve Jyotirlinga shrines — said to be the most sacred abodes of Shiva.
- Adi Shankaracharya, who was born in what is now Kerala, is said to have arrived at Omkareshwar as a young monk, where he encountered his guru Govind Bhagwadpad, resided in the sacred city for four years, and received his education.
Weighing 100 tonnes, the statue was conceptualised by an Indian team of artists, a sculptor and engineers.
The metal casting was done in China’s Nanchang city and shipped to Mumbai in several batches.
The idol, installed on a 75-foot platform, is made up of bronze that contains 88% copper, 4% zinc and 8% tin.
- Its internal structure is made-up of high-quality steel.
The design for the statue was conceptualised by painter Vasudeo Kamath, who found inspiration in Raja Ravi Verma’s depiction of Shankaracharya.