A 35-foot statue of the revered Maratha King Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled at a fort in Maharashtra`s Sindhudurg district, collapsed on Monday, officials said. The statue collapsed around 1 pm at Rajkot Fort in Malvan, the official told PTI. 

According to the PTI report, experts will now ascertain the cause of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj`s statue collapse. The collapse came as the district witnessed heavy rains and gusty winds in the last two to three days, the news agency report stated.