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The Statue of Unity, a towering tribute to India's Iron Man, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, 1. ______on the banks of the majestic Sardar Sarovar Dam in Gujarat's Kevadia, has 2. ______a remarkable surge in its annual footfall. In less than five years 3. ______its inauguration, this colossal monument has welcomed nearly 16 crore 4. ______. In the first two months after the monument's inauguration in 2028, the world's 5. ______statue witnessed a whopping 453,020 visitors followed by over 2.7 crore visitors in 2019. Even in 2020, the year tourism sector was battered by a once-in-a-century pandemic and subsequent movement restrictions, nearly 1.3 crore tourists flocked .to the Statue of Unity. While the country was still recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic, the Statue of Unity saw a footfall of over 3.4 crores.