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Detailed explanation-1: -A 112-Feet Adiyogi Shiva Statue at Chikkaballapur was inaugurated on 15th Jan 2023. The statue is set up along with eight Navagraha temples along with Bhairavi Temple at the Isha Yoga Centre at Chikkaballapur, Karnataka. On August 30, 2022, Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev visited Pura Mahadev, Baghpat.

Detailed explanation-2: -In the yogic culture, Shiva is not known as a god, but as the Adiyogi or the first yogi – the source of yoga.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Statue of Belief or Vishwas Swaroopam is a statue of the Hindu God Shiva constructed at Nathdwara in Rajasthan, India. The statue opened on 29 October 2022. Currently, the Statue of Belief is the tallest statue of Lord Shiva in the World.

Detailed explanation-4: -On Mahashivaratri day today, let’s recall Isha Foundation’s mammoth mission that put together a 112-foot tall, 500-tonne steel bust of Adiyogi – the iconic Shiva statue at the foothills of Coimbatore’s Velliangiri mountains.

Detailed explanation-5: -The 112-feet statue of Adiyogi Shiva, a replica of the one in Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu, was unveiled on the foothills of Nandi Hills on Sunday on the occasion of Makara Sankranti. The Adiyogi statue has been built at Isha Foundation premises at Nandi Hills in Chikkaballapur district.