216 ft status of Ramanjuacharya to come up: Seer Chinna Jeeyar Swamiji meets PM
July 17, 2016
New Delhi: Tridandi Srimannarayana Ramanuja Chinna Jeeyar Swamiji today called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Swamiji, the head of Srimad Ubhaya Vedanta Acharya Peetham at Nadigaddapalem in Andhra Pradesh, briefed Modi on the upcoming programme to celebrate the 1000th birth anniversary of Ramanuja Charya Swami in 2017, an official release said.
He also apprised the Prime Minister about the installation of Swami’s 216-ft metal statue next year in Hyderabad, it said.
Ramanuja Charya Swami was a spiritual icon born in 1017 AD.
PTI
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