The statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is being constructed in Rashtrasant Tukdoji Maharaj Nagpur University’s main administrative building in Nagpur. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Prince Shivaji Raje Bhosale performed Bhoomi Poojan of this statue today.
This is the centenary year of RTM Nagpur University. On the occasion the statue will be erected through the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Smarak Samiti and it is claimed that it will be the largest statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in the world.
The work of erecting the statue will be done through public participation. The committee has appealed to the former students associated with Nagpur University and charitable persons of the society to help in this work.
The memorial committee has informed that the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj standing in the university campus will be magnificent.
The plinths of the statue are 20 feet long, 15 feet wide, and 9 feet high, while the statue standing on these plinths is 32 feet high and the canopy above it is 7 feet high. This statue, which will be made entirely of bronze metal, will weigh 10 thousand kilograms. Famous sculptor Sonal Kohad will make the design of the statue.