Lucknow: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate Rashtra Prerna Sthal in Lucknow in memory of the BJP late icon leaders Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Shyama Prasad Mookerjee and Deen Dayal Upadhyay on Thursday.

This memorial spread in over 65 acres, next to the embankment of River Gomti on Hardoi Road on the outskirts of the Lucknow. The complex will open to the public after its inauguration by Modi on December 25^th, which happens to be Vajpayee’s 101^st birth anniversary.

According to the official sources of Lucknow Development Authority, the memorial was developed at a cost of Rs 230 crore it comprises three statues, each measuring 65 feet and weighing 42 tonnes, being the tallest among all statues of personalities installed in Lucknow. The platform on which the statues stand is surrounded by a water body.

This memorial is built with a two-storey museum developed over an area of 6,300 sqm. It has five galleries and 12 interpretation walls dedicated to three leaders. Two separate theatres are there where orientation films on the lives of the BJP icons will be screened. The displayed text on the walls reads that in the 1952 elections, the Jana Sangh achieved a remarkable success, and its election symbol the Deepak became a symbol of the emerging nationalist politics in independent India.

The lamp, Sudarshan Chakra and a statue of Bharat Mata have been installed in a gallery of the museum. There is also an amphitheatre, with a capacity to host 3,000 people, a meditation hall, a yoga centre, a musical block, helipads, and a rally ground that can accommodate over 2 lakh people.