Veteran sculptor Ram Sutar the maker of the Statue of Unity, will be honoured by Maharashtra Bhushan, the state’s highest civilian award. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis made the announcement in the state Assembly today.
Mr. Ram Sutar is a Padma Bhushan awardee and designed the Statue of Unity which is the world’s tallest statue with a height of 182 metres. The award comprises 25 lakh rupees and a memento.
Mr Fadnavis said, the decision to honour Sutar with the highest civilian award of the state was taken unanimously by a committee headed by him on March 12. He said, Mr Sutar is a centenarian but is still working on the Ambedkar statue at the Indu Mill Memorial project in Mumbai.
Mr Sutar, who works with his son, has also been associated with many major projects like the 251-metre tall statue of Lord Ram at Ayodhya, a 153-feet high statue of Lord Shiva in Bengaluru and a 100-feet tall statue of Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj at Moshi in Pune.