"Statue of Equality" has been inaugurated in Hyderabad in the memory of ______.

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SSC CHSL Tier-I Exam 2022 Official Paper (Held On: 21 March, 2023 Shift 2)

Answer 1

The correct answer is Saint Ramanujacharya.

Key Points

Statue of Equality

The world’s second tallest statue in a sitting position is made up of ‘panchaloha’, meaning a combination of five metals i.e. gold, copper, silver, brass and zinc.
The inner sanctorum deity of Sri Ramanujacharya is built of 120 kilos of gold.
It is located in Hyderabad, Telangana.
This commemorates the 120 years the saint spent on earth.
The project, worth Rs. 1,000 crores is funded by donations from global devotees and its foundation stone was laid in 2014.

Additional Information

About the Sri Ramanuja Acharya

He was born in 1017 CE at Shriperumbudur village in Tamil Nadu. He was a great theologian philosopher and thinker of devotional Hinduism.
He is the most respected Acharya in the philosophy of Sri Vaishnavism. Ramanuja is also known as Ramanujacharya.
He is said to have liberated millions from social, cultural, gender, educational and economic discrimination with the foundational conviction that every human is equal regardless of nationality, gender, race, caste, or creed.