To celebrate Swami Viveknanada's 155th birthday in 2018, the Hindu Bengali community in the UK is up in arms to set up a statue of Swamiji in Harrow. The statue which will be half bust, is currently under process in India.
Former Mayor of Harrow Mr Mrinal Chowdhury and London Kalibari (a UK charity), is spear heading the project to get this bust up in Harrow, in North West London by September 2016, and they plan to invite India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi to do the honour of inauguration. Though where in Harrow the statue will be set up, has not yet been decided, Mr Chowdhury actually started working on this project as early as 2011-12, during his political office years. A bank account is in place with bank of Baroda's Harrow brunch, to accept any sort of monetary help or donations possible.
Cllr Sachin Shah, the leader of the Harrow Council has promised all the support, though financially the Council can't offer much. Dr Chowdhury has met Swami Dayatmananda of Bourn End, UK and Swami Suhitananda, Secretary Maharaj of Belur Math. He confirmed that many friends, family and associates have pledged for donations to ensure this statue project is a success.
