Cost Of Sardar Vallabhai Patel Statue / Dedicating the 'statue of unity' to the nation on sardar patel's birth anniversary, in a ceremony that saw built at a cost of ₹2,989 crore, the 'statue of unity' depicts sardar vallabhbhai patel wearing a traditional dhoti and shawl, towering over the narmada river and overlooking the sardar sarovar dam.