Nikhil Nanda, a businessman, is making and installing the statue. A devotee of Hanuman, he is in the process of erecting the largest Hanuman statue in all four directions of India through the HC Nanda Foundation.
Foundation stone of Hanuman statue
His foundation, already established in Shimla in the north and Gujarat in the east, is now operating in Rameswaram in the south. Once the work on the Hanuman statue is completed, the public and devotees there say that this Hanuman idol will be the main symbol of Rameshwaram.
