World’s biggest statue to open in India amongst anger Angry local communities have warned India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi to stay away from the inauguration on Wednesday of the world's biggest statue, a 182 metre (600 feet) high tribute to an independence hero. Overlooking the Sardar Sarovar Dam in western Gujarat state and costing $430 million to build, it will be the world’s tallest statue, nearly twice as tall as New York’s Statue of Liberty. IMAGES