Global Monument of Swami Vivekananda
A magnificent 100 feet monolithic (single stone) image of Swami Vivekananda weighing 2,500 tons will be erected and installed as the focal point of the Viveka-Darshan. The Statue shall stand proclaiming and reminding the mankind for thousands of years to come, the Supreme Ideals, the noble thoughts and Eternal values which make every soul manifest the inner Divinity and plunge the world in peace. HE shall stand as a universal model, the essence of world cultures, pure spirituality that unites the world, the heart that loves and seeks the welfare of entire humanity.
Finest engineering, technology and sculptural art experts will be employed for the unique works. They will be advised and overseen by a team of international experts regularly. It will perhaps be the largest monolithic statue in the world. It will be carved out of grey granite from a stone identified at the site. The whole theme of the Viveka-Darshan will revolve around the statue, and it will be visible even from far away distant places.
Significance of an Image
Swami Vivekananda said, “I am a voice without a form”….. “My name should not be made prominent; it is my ideas that I want to see realised”. In fact, We shall be truly following his words only by translating his teachings into our life, and live the life he wanted us to live. We have to do that. We shall surely take the vow to dedicate our lives for his cause. Yet, there is a need of a form; though it does not voice, it speaks unceasingly through silence.
An image, icon, picture or a statue, reminds us of the ideal the person or deity stands for. It is a burning ideal before us, constantly reminding and pushing us forward. The ideal and the form are associated like speech and the meaning it conveys. They enter our consciousness, our awareness and work at higher level and at deeper layers of our being. Otherwise, in the absence of a form as a constant reminder, the ideal remains for a while in mind and evaporates.
The form that enters our consciousness becomes a part of our awareness giving constant Light and it speaks in our heart as the ‘inner voice’. We undergo a real transformation. We emerge out from our animal nature, transcend our human nature and become divine. We live as gods on this earth. That is the purpose of image at home, in temples and on the national and international platform. -Swami Vinayakananda.
An artist’s imaginary view of Global Monument of Swami Vivekananda with actual background of Nakre Kallu Hillock.
