Rameswaram, Today, On the occasion of the first death anniversary of former president Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, a life-size statue of him was unveiled at Peikarumbu.
Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said, while inaugrating the bronze statue, "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 added.
The foundation stone for a national memorial for the 'Missile man' of India has also been laid by the Naidu and Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar.
On July 27, last year Kalam passed away after he suffered a massive cardiac arrest while delivering a lecture at IIM- Shillong in Meghalaya.
