Rameswaram: A life-size statue of former president Dr APJ Abdul Kalam was unveiled at Peikarumbu on Wednesday on the occasion of his first death anniversary.
Inaugurating the bronze statue, Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said, "Dr. Kalam will live forever in our minds and hearts. His thoughts continue to be with us all the time.
"It is difficult still to believe that Dr. Kalam passed away and that this great man left all of us for his heavenly abode," he said.
Naidu and Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar also laid the foundation stone for a national memorial for the 'Missile man' of India, here.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday tweeted that Kalam's death has created a void that is irreplaceable.
Its been a year since our beloved Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam left us & created a void that is irreplaceable. My tributes to this great personality.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) July 27, 2016
Kalam passed away on July 27 last year after he suffered a massive cardiac arrest while delivering a lecture at IIM- Shillong in Meghalaya.
