Mumbai, June 6 -- Yaniv Revach, Israel's Consul General in Mumbai said on Saturday that on the occasion of the coronation day of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, he sought permission from Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to build a statue of the ruler and establish it in Israel.

Revach, in a conversation with ANI, said that he was inspired to do so after learning the similarities between India and Israel.

"First, I should greet the Indian people that today is the coronation day of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and it was important for me to greet the Indian people for that. Now when I came here to India a few months ago, I learned about the similarities between India and Israel," he said.

Revach said that following the visit of P...