World’s Tallest Statue Of Parashurama In Mangomeadows
World’s tallest statue of Parashurama in located in Mangomeadows Agriculture Theme Park. It is also listed in Wikipedia. See page in Wikipedia List of tallest statue's in India
As per the Hindu mythology, Kerala was created by Parasurama, by throwing his axe from GOKARN, near Karwar, Karnataka. The sea on the direction of the axe moved out and a strip of land was formed. It was 160 katam (an old measure) of land lying between Gokarnam and Kanyakumari. Parasurama, assumed to be avatar of Vishnu was half Kshatriya and Half Bramin. There fore he was strong as well as yogi.
See page in Wikipedia Statue of Parashurama