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Statue of unity : The Statue of Unity is a great statue of Indian statesman and independence activist Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (18751950) and located in the state of Gujarat, India. It is the world's tallest statue with a height of 182 metres (597 ft). It is located on a river island facing the Sardar Sarovar Dam on the river Narmada. The project was first announced in 2010 and the construction of statue started in October 2014 by Larsen & Toubro (L & T), who received the contract for ?2,989 crore. It was designed by Indian sculptor Ram V. Sutar, and was inaugurated by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 31st October 2018, the 143rd anniversary of Patel's birth. The statue was built on a Public Private Partnership model, with most of the money raised by the Government of Gujarat. The Gujarat state government had allotted 6 billion for the project in the budget from 2012 to 2015. In the 201415 Union Budget, 2 billion were allocated for the construction of the statue. 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Ushiku Daibutsu : Ushiku Daibutsu is a statue located in Ushiku, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. Completed in 1993, it stands a total of 120 metres (390 ft) tall, including the 10 m (33 ft) base and 10m lotus platform. The statue held the record for the tallest statue from 19932002. As of 2018, it is one of the top five tallest statues in the world. MAKE MY EXAM – JANUARY 2019 3 www.makemyexam.in & www.ibtindia.com An elevator takes visitors up 85 m (279 ft) to an observation floor. The statue depicts Amitabha Buddha and is made of bronze.. It was built to celebrate the birth of Shinran, founder of the Jodo Shinshu or "True Pure Land School" of Buddhism. Inside the statue itself is a four story building, which serves as a kind of museum. Level 1, The first floor lobby is dark, and as you enter music floats toward you from the darkness. Level 2 Mostly dedicated to scriptural studies Level 3 3000 samples of gold Buddha statues Level 4 On the fourth floor are windows looking out from the buddha's chest onto the adjacent flower garden and small animal park. 4. Statue of Liberty : Statue of unity is a 93m high statue from ground level situatued on the river island in New York Harbour, New York, US. The Statue of Liberty is a figure of Libertas, a robed Roman liberty goddess. She holds a torch above her head with her right hand, and in her left hand carries a tabula ansata ON which it is written in Roman numerals "JULY IV MDCCLXXVI" (July 4, 1776), the date of the U.S.