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As capital New Delhi gets ready for the G20 Summit meeting this weekend, many firsts are being added to the beautification list specially the new Lord Shiva’s Dancing Nataraja statue made from eight metals – the ‘ashtadhatu’.

Placed at the strategic location just at the entrance of G20’s main venue at Bharat Mandapam, this majestic all metal bronze Nataraja statue is around 27 feet. Its total weight is estimated to be around 20 tons.

The news agency ANI reported that this particular Nataraj statue is made with eight metals namely – copper 87 per cent, zinc 10 per cent, lead 3 per cent, tin trace quantity, silver-trace quantity, gold-trace quantity, mercury-trace quantity, and iron as support

According to sources the statue was made in Tamil Nadu in a record time of seven months.
India is all set to host the G20 Summit scheduled to be held in New Delhi from September 9-10.

World leaders will arrive in New Delhi to attend the G20 Summit.

Notably, India assumed the G20 presidency on December 1 last year and about 200 meetings related to G20 were organized in 60 cities across the country.
The summit will be hosted at the state-of-the-art Bharat Mandapam Convention Centre at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.