Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], February 10 (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh during his visit to the Statue of Equality in Hyderabad on Thursday said that Ramanujacharya was the voice of equality a thousand years ago.

"I see this grand statue of Swami Ramanuja as his reincarnation. Ramanujacharya was the voice of equality thousand years ago," said the Defence Minister.

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He offered prayers to saint Ramanujacharya in Hyderabad on the occasion of Ramanujacharya's birth centenary ceremony.

PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the 216-feet tall 'Statue of Equality' commemorating 11th-century Bhakti Saint Sri Ramanujacharya in Hyderabad on February 6. (ANI)

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