The Statue of Belief, or Vishwas Swaroopam, stands on Ganesh Tekri in Nathdwara, Rajasthan. It shows Lord Shiva seated with legs crossed, a trident in the left hand and the left foot over the right knee. The businessman Madan Paliwal conceived it, and the sculptor was Naresh Kumawat. The article calls it the tallest Shiva statue in the world.
The statue is 367 feet (112 meters) tall, with a 112 feet (34 meters) pedestal, and can be seen from up to 12.4 miles (20 kilometers) away. Design began in 2011 and construction in 2016. The statue opened on October 29, 2022, though the article gives completion as both 2019 and 2020.
An inner core of reinforced concrete carries a steel frame, and the exterior is molded ultra-high-performance concrete sprayed with zinc and coated with copper. Viewing galleries are reached by elevator. A Nandi statue 25 feet (7.6 meters) tall accompanies it, and the grounds cover 16 acres.
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