Honouring the triumvirate of Indian nationalists

The plan by Maharashtra government to build a memorial to Chattrapathi Shivaji on the model of Statute of Liberty is a praiseworthy one. There should be an all-India effort in the matter on the model of the Vivekananda Memorial. Moreover, this is an opportunity to complete honouring the triumvirate of personages who were by all accounts the greatest saviours of the Indian nation – Adi Shankaracharya, Chattrapathi Shivaji and Swami Vivekananda. In the ideal scheme of things, Chattrapathi Shivaji’s memorial should be built in the sea facing Kolkatta and Adi Shankaracharya’s memorial in the sea facing Mumbai to complement the memorial to Swami Vivekananda on the seas of Southern India – the total effect being one of transcending geographical barriers to a united India.