PM Modi unveils 108 ft Lord Hanuman statue in Gujarat’s Morbi

New Delhi: On the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti, Prime Minister Narendra Modi have unveiled a 108 feet statue of Lord Hanuman in Gujarat’s Morbi on Saturday via video conferencing.

As per the Prime Minister’s Office, the statue is the second of the four statues being built in the four directions across the country, as part of the ‘Hanumanji Char Dham’ project. The statue has been set up in the west, at the Ashram of Bapu Keshvanand ji in Morbi, the PMO said in a statement.

PM Narendra Modi unveils a 108 ft statue of Hanuman ji in Morbi, Gujarat through video conferencing, on #HanumanJayanti. This statue is the second of the 4 statues being set up in 4 directions across the country, as part of #Hanumanji4dham project pic.twitter.com/jWcJLu2xNI

— ANI (@ANI) April 16, 2022

The first statue of the series was set up in the north in Himachal Pradesh’s Shimla in 2010.

The work on the third statue, in the south at Rameswaram has started, the PMO informed.

The festival of Hanuman Jayanti is celebrated to mark the birth anniversary of the Hindu god by the devotees of Lord Hanuman. This year the festival will be celebrated on Saturday.