The Nataraja statue installed at G20 Pragati Maidan site in Delhi is a testament to India’s age-old traditions, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said. The 27-meter high statue reached Delhi from Tamil Nadu through a special green corridor.
Here are five points on the statue:
The 18-ton statue is the tallest statue made of Ashtadhatu (eight metals). Indira Gandhi National Center of Art (IGNCA). The eight metals used in its construction are copper, zinc, lead, tin, silver, gold, mercury and iron.
The statue was sculpted in a record time of seven months by sculptor Radhakrishnan Sthapaty of Swami Malai in Tamil Nadu and his team. IGNCA said that 34 generations of Mr. Radhakrishnan have made idols since the Chola Empire period. Mr. Radhakrishna’s father, master sculptor Devasenapathy Sthapati, is known for making bronze sculptures of Chola, including at Rajarajeshwari Temple at Janakpuri in Delhi.
It is built using the lost wax casting method to create finely detailed one-piece sculptures. This process ensures that there are no welded parts in the Nataraja statue.
More than 100 artists spent nearly 3.25 lakh man-hours completing the various processes involved in the lost wax casting method to create the hollow statue.
The statue was completed at a cost of around Rs 10-12 crore ahead of the G20 summit, said Sachchidanand Joshi, member secretary of IGNCA.
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