Guinness Book to certify Mangi Tungi idol

Nashik: Officials from the Guinness Book of World Records will visit Mangi Tungi and award the engineer of the 108 ft tall Rishabhdeva statue, C R Patil, the official certificate for the world's tallest Jain idol.
This impressive statue was carved out of a single rock at the height of 2500 ft in Mangi Tungi. A feat that took the designated committee 20 years to complete. The idol was recently consecrated.
"Swapnil Dangarikar, Adjuratory officer of Guinness World Records has arrived in Nashik and will be in Mangi Tungi at 10 am on Sunday. He will undertake the finale inspection of the idol and hand over the certificate of the world's tallest Jain idol to its engineer and maker C R Patil," said Paras Lohade, who completed all the formalities with Guinness World Records.
"Crafted in 184 sq ft one single rock by 150 artists, the idol will enter in the Guinness Book as the 'Statue of Non-Violence'. The weight of the idol is 8,712 tonne, height from the base to the hair is 121 ft while the actual idol is 108 ft," Lohade said. The idol was sculpted under the leadership of Jaipur's well known sculpture trio Surajmal Nahta, Mulchand Nahta and Ashish Nahta.
"Supreme Sadhvi of Jain-Samaj Ganini Pramukh Gyanmati Mataji studied up to ten books from Ardhamagadhhi, Sanskrit, Greek, Kannad, Tamil, Telugu, and Pali languages to take out the actual dimensions of the idol. The length and breadth of each limb of the idol was finalised following the references in Jain Vasunandi literature," Lohade said. The idol is carved in Black Besalt rock known for its toughness as well as capacity to last for thousands of years. At present, the 57 ft tall idol of Jain Teerthankar Bahubali is considered as the tallest Jain idol in the world.
Sunday would mark the conclusion of the 'Mahamastakbhisheka' ritual under way at Mangi Tungi from February 18 onwards. More than 17 lakh devotees visited the place in a three-week period. As per the directives of Jain religious leaders, the next Mahamastakabhisheka will be performed after six years in 2022.