Shiv Smarak,coming soon in mumbai india

The Shiv Smarak or the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Memorial is a monument under-construction dedicated to Shivaji, the 17th century Indian warrior king and founder of the Maratha Empire. The statue will be located in the Arabian Sea, near the coast of Mumbai city in the Indian state Maharashtra.

Specifications

The memorial will be dedicated to Shivaji.

The statue will be located facing Mumbai's Girgaon Chowpatty beach, 1.5 km away on a manmade island of rocks.^[4] The statue will be 126 meters (413 ft) in height, placed on top of a 84 m (276 ft) pedestal, making the total height of the monument 212 m (696 ft).Statue was initially planned for 192 metres, however was increased to 212 metres as the state government wanted to keep the statue as the tallest competing against an upcoming statue Spring Temple Buddha in China. The project area is planned to be spread over 130,000 square meters. It is expected to be completed in 2021. Initially the total cost of the project was estimated to be about ₹4,000 crore (US$560 million), but cost-reduction measures have resulted in a contract worth ₹2,800 crore (US$390 million).

The completed vision of the project will include visitor centre buildings, a memorial garden, a library, food court, and convention centre with approximately 10,000 footfall space. The memorial will also have a museum, exhibition gallery, amphitheater, helipad, and hospital. The memorial will showcase replicas of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's forts.

Status

Prime Minister, Narendra Modiperforming a Jal Pujan ritual, asking the deities to bless the location of the future statue. 24th December, 2016.

Volunteers have collected water from various rivers in the state and soil from forts of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj for the foundation-stone laying ceremony on 24 December 2016 by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Egis in India has been appointed the Project Management Consultant. Egis in India is the local arm of the France-based Egis group.

Initial plans for the project called for the foundation to be built from reclaimed basalt and rubble from the Colaba–SEEPZ metro tunnel.^[3] However, due to delays associated with the monument, the rubble is no longer reserved for the monument, and is being transported to quarries for storage.^[14]

On 1 March 2018, a Letter of Acceptance was issued to the contracting firm Larsen & Toubro.