Archive · 8 Nov 2025
Nalbari Artist Creates 7-ft Bhupen Hazarika Statue for Birth Centenary
An artist named Nayan Kalita from Nalbari is making a big statue of a famous singer and musician named Dr. Bhupen Hazarika.
The statue is seven feet tall and made of fiber.
It shows Dr. Hazarika singing on stage.
This is being done to celebrate his 100th birthday.
The artist has been working on it for a month.
The statue will be placed at a library in a village called Sonkuriha.
Nayan Kalita is a talented artist who has made statues of other important people before.
He even set a record for drawing a picture with flour and leaves during a lockdown.
Nalbari artist Nayan Kalita is creating a 7-foot fibre statue of Dr. Bhupen Hazarika.
The statue is being made to mark the birth centenary of the renowned musician.
Kalita has been working on the statue for a month and expects to complete it soon.
The statue will be installed on the premises of a rural library in Sonkuriha village.
Kalita has previously created statues of other notable personalities and holds a record in the India Book of Records for a unique drawing.
- Who
- Nayan Kalita, a sculptor from Nalbari district, Assam
- What
- Creating a 7-ft fibre statue of Dr. Bhupen Hazarika
- When
- To mark Dr. Bhupen Hazarika's birth centenary, statue completion expected within a couple of days.
- Where
- Barkuriha village, Nalbari district, Assam; statue to be installed in Sonkuriha village.
- Why
- To commemorate the birth centenary of Dr. Bhupen Hazarika.
- Artist Name
- Nayan Kalita
- Statue Subject
- Dr. Bhupen Hazarika
- Statue Height
- 7 feet
- Event
- Dr. Bhupen Hazarika's birth centenary
- Location of Statue Installation
- Sonkuriha village rural library, Nalbari district
- Statue Material
- Fibre