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Tamil Nadu: Jayalalithaa's new statue to be unveiled at AIADMK headquarters (Video)

Oct 25, 2018, 10:33 AM IST

Chennai: Following criticism over the existing statue of former chief minister Jayalalithaa, which was unveiled during her 70th birth anniversary in February, Tamil Nadu chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami ordered for a new statue. Veteran sculptor D Rajkumar Vudayar of East Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh was entrusted with the job of creating the eight-foot-tall statue. The visitors to the party headquarters of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) will soon be seeing a new statue of J Jayalalithaa.