LUCKNOW: City will soon get a 108-feet statue of Lord Hanuman at the 400-year-old Hanumat Dham on Devraha Ghat along the Gomti. The statue will be the second tallest in the city after the proposed 151-feet high statue of Lord Lakshman at the Jhulelal Park and will almost be the double height of the iconic Rumi Darwaza.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath performed the 'shilanyas' for the installation of the statue on Wednesday. The construction is expected to begin soon. The statue has been designed by Sinha brothers - Sanjay, Uday and Vijay - who also designed the Ekana Stadium in the city.
The statue will come up on 2.5-acre land at Hanumat Dham. The installation is part of the renovation of Hanumat Dham. "Lord Hanuman's statue will be in the sitting position, like the statue of Lord Shiva on Ganga banks in Haridwar," said Mahant Ram Sevak Das, head of Hanumat Dham, also known as Gomti Baba
