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Tallest statue of Lord Subramaniya unveiled

 

KUALA LUMPUR

: About 30,000 Hindu devotees and visitors came to witness the official

unveiling of the country's tallest Lord Murugan statue on Jan 29, 2006 (Sunday)

and the garlanding of the golden statue.

 

Temple

officials were now hoping to get the 42.7m statue, located at the Sri

Subramaniar Temple at the foot of Batu Caves, into the Guinness Book of World

Records as the tallest Lord Murugan statue in the world.

 

Hundreds of balloons floated into the air and a shower of flowers fell from a

hovering helicopter as Works Minister Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu officially

launched the opening ceremony about 6.15 pm on Jan 29, 2006.

 

 

 

A crane lifting the giant chrysanthemum garland to put over the statue of Lord

Murugan at the Sri Subramaniar Temple in Batu Caves.

 

As darkness fell, a spectacular 20-minute display of fireworks lit the RM2.5mil

statue made of 1,550 cubic metres of concrete, 250 tonnes of steel bars and 300

litres of gold paint brought in from Thailand.

 

Fifteen Indian sculptors had worked on the project for three years.

 

A cultural performance by local artistes and singers from India continued till midnight.

 

Yesterday morning, just as many people turned up again at the temple to witness

a giant garland being placed on the statue – two weeks before Thaipusam.

 

The RM15,000 flower garland, which was 43m long and weighed about a tonne, was

made of chrysanthemums which will last less than a week under the hot sun.

 

"A total of five days without sleep and 18 men was what it took to prepare this

enormous garland," said Sri Kertanas Floral manager, Mahendran Shanti.

 

"One hundred and fifty people had to carry the garland to the temple.

 

"We needed another 20 men to help lift it to the crane so it wouldn't sway and

hit visitors," said Mahendran, who was among those who had carried the hefty

garland.

 

It was a complex operation and it took about an hour to hook the garland to the

crane and for the crane to place the garland on the statue.

 

"But all the hard work was worth it as we had hoped to have the statue as well

as the garland ready before Thaipusam," said Mahendran's wife, Shanti.

 

V. Malarvanan, who had sponsored the garland, said the flowers were brought in

from Cameron Highlands.

 

"Although I wasn't involved in the making of the garland, I was there the whole

five days, to give them a little support so they wouldn't get side-tracked," he

joked.

 

"I also hope that this giant garland will make it into the Malaysia Book of

Records, following the successful entry of the statue into the archives," he

said.

 

Boopathi

 

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