A 16-foot statue of Lord Hanuman has been inaugurated at the Seeta Ram Radhey Shyam Mandir in Guyana’s Sparta on the Essequibo coast on Sunday, the Indian Embassy in Guyana said in a statement.

The Embassy said that the statue of Lord Hanuman has been imported from India by the Sooklal family and installed in memory of their parents. The statue was unveiled in front of a large gathering of devotees after a three-day yajna, which began on Friday and included bhajans and cultural presentations.