Ram Vanji Sutar
Ram Vanji Sutar (19 February 1925 – 18 December 2025) was an Indian sculptor. He designed the Statue of Unity which is the world's tallest statue with a height of 182 metres (597 feet), exceeding the Spring Temple Buddha by 54 metres.
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Ram Vanji Sutar

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- Name
- Ram Sutar
- Birth Name
- Ram Vanji Sutar
- Born
- 19 February 1925
- Birthplace
- Gondur, Khandesh District, Bombay Presidency, British India
- Died
- 18 December 2025
- Place of death
- Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Education
- Sir J.
- Occupation
- Sculptor
- Spouse
- Pramila Sutar
- Awards
- Maharashtra Bhushan (2024) Padma Bhushan (2016) Tagore Award (2016) Padma Shri (1999)
- Nationality
- British Raj · India
- Known for
- Statue of Unity
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Ram Vanji Sutar (19 February 1925 – 18 December 2025) was an Indian sculptor. He designed the Statue of Unity which is the world's tallest statue with a height of 182 metres (597 feet), exceeding the Spring Temple Buddha by 54 metres.
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Ram Vanji Sutar (1925–2025) was a sculptor, a national of the British Raj and India. The sculptor was born in Dhule and died in Noida. Ram Vanji Sutar was educated at Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy School of Art.
Among the works is Statue of Unity. Languages used include Marathi. Honours include Maharashtra Bhushan Award, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri in arts.
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Key facts
• Name — Ram Sutar • Birth Name — Ram Vanji Sutar • Born — 19 February 1925 • Birthplace — Gondur, Khandesh District, Bombay Presidency, British India • Died — 18 December 2025 • Place of death — Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India • Education — Sir J. J. School of Art • Occupation — Sculptor • Spouse — Pramila Sutar • Awards — Maharashtra Bhushan (2024) Padma Bhushan (2016) Tagore Award (2016) Padma Shri (1999) • Illustration — Sculpture of Mahatma Gandhi by Ram V. Sutar in Hanover • Illustration — Sculpture of Mahatma Gandhi by Ram V. Sutar in Funchal
Background
Background
Sutar was born in a Viswakarma Brahmin family, on 19 February 1925, in the village of Gondur, in Khandesh district of Bombay Presidency. In 1952, he married Pramila. He died on 18 December 2025, at the age of 100.
Career
Career
• Illustration — Roma Street Parkland, Brisbane, 2024 Sutar designed the Statue of Unity, the tallest statue in the world located in Gujarat. He also erected the 14 m-tall Chambal monument, as well as a bust of Mahatma Gandhi which has been replicated and sent to other nations. He designed the statue of Mahatma Gandhi in a seated position, located at the Parliament of India. A larger replica of the same was made by him at the Vidhana Soudha. He was also the designer of the 33 m-tall Kempe Gowda statue at the Bengaluru International Airport. Brisbane's Indian community commissioned a statue of Gandhi, created by Ram V. Sutar and Anil Sutar at Roma Street Parkland, It was unveiled by Narendra Modi, then Prime Minister of India in 2014.
Works
Works
• Illustration — Krishna Arjun Rath Monument at Brahma Sarovar. Bronze statue, by Ram V. and Anil R. Sutar, 2008. • Illustration — Statue of Unity, Narmada district. Bronze, 2018 • Illustration — Statue of Mahatma Gandhi, Vidhan Soudha. Bronze, 2014 • Illustration — Statue of Prosperity, Kempegowda IA, Bangalore. Bronze, 2022
Identity
Identity
Ram Vanji Sutar is recorded as British Raj and India.

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Funchal: Bust of Mahatma Gandhi by Ram Vanji Sutar
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Life and career
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Life and career
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1925
Ram Vanji Sutar was born in 1925.
2025
Ram Vanji Sutar died at Noida.
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Awards
In 1999, he received the Padma Shri and later in 2016, Padma Bhushan from the Government of India. In October 2018, Sutar received the Tagore Award for cultural harmony of 2016. He was chosen for Maharashtra Bhushan, the state government's highest civilian award. Maharashtra's Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis informed the legislative assembly on 20 March 2025.
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- 1.India unveils world's tallest statue. BBC News. 31 October 2018.
- 2.Ram Vanji Sutar's Biography
- 3.आंतरराष्ट्रीय ख्यातीचे शिल्पकार राम सुतार यांचं वृद्धापकाळानं निधन, शिल्पकलेचा तेजस्वी दीप मालवला. Abp Live. 18 December 2025.
- 4.शिल्पकलेचा उपासक काळाच्या पडद्याआड! महाराष्ट्र भूषण राम सुतार यांचे निधन. Lokmat. 18 December 2025.
- 5.'Statue of Unity' To Be Completed in 2 Years: Renowned Sculptor Ram Sutar. NDTV.com. 12 May 2016.
- 6.Meet the man who sculpted Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's Statue of Unity – Monumental ambitions. The Economic Times.
- 7.Sutar's studio
- 8.PM Modi to inaugurate Terminal 2 of Bengaluru international airport in November. The News Minute. 10 October 2022.
- 9.Moore, Tony. Indian PM Narendra Modi unveils Gandhi statue. Brisbane Times. 16 November 2014.
- 10.Mohandas Karamchand (Mahatma) Gandhi. Monument Australia.
- 11.Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. Padma Awards. 2015.
- 12.Tagore Awards for Cultural Harmony: Manipuri dancer, Bangladeshi sculptor among recipients. The Indian Express. 26 October 2018.
- 13.Sculptor Ram Sutar to get Maharashtra Bhushan award: CM Devendra Fadnavis. The Economic Times. 20 March 2025. 0013-0389.
- 14.Sculptor Ram Sutar, designer of Statue of Unity and KIA's Kempegowda statue, to get Maharashtra Bhushan award. Deccan Herald.
- 15.Maharashtra: राम सुतार को मिलेगा महाराष्ट्र भूषण पुरस्कार, स्टैच्यू ऑफ यूनिटी समेत बना चुके हैं ये प्रतिमाएं. Amar Ujala.
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