Monument at a glance
The Statue: A magnificent 100 feet monolithic (single stone) image of “Swami Vivekananda”, weighing approximately 2500 tons, it will probably be the largest monolith in the world by all standards, amongst the existing ones so far.
The Stone: The stone block required is of dimensionally 110 feet X 32 feet X 20 feet. After an extensive search, the site for stone extraction is finally located at a foothill of Nakre Hillock in Karkala Taluk. The extracted block will weigh 3500 tons (Approximately the weight of 700 elephants put together).
The Block Extraction: The stone will be cut from the mother rock by using wire rope cutting technology and other modern technologies like dual blade cutter etc., which will involve experts from that field to execute the job. The estimated time required for wire rope cutting will be 6 months.
Sculpturing: About 150 sculptors with sufficient expertise would be working for 36 months using most modern tools & latest equipments.
Erection: The erection of Monument will be done by Modular jacking tower system which combine proven lifting technologies to produce a compact and cost effective system. The tower height required could be nearly 130feet and will have a capacity to lift 3500tonnes weight. The tower shall be standing fixed to concrete base to suit the heavy weight and shall be guyed configurations and is operatable even in stormy wind of 130Km/hr. Lifting will be done by mounting the statue of 2500tonnes on what is called a J-Stick and lifted by Strand Jacks. Computer control system with data logging to control and monitor all jacks and hydraulic power packs are available.
Safety of Statue: The statue will be erected and installed on the firm natural rocky base at the same spot where statue block will be extracted. The place of Karkala falls in a low seismic zone and also the basic wind speed in this locality is about 148Km/Hr. The foundation of the statue will be designed in such a way to withstand the seismic activity and wind pressures prevalent to conditions in the locality with 2.5 being the FOS .