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World's tallest statue unveiled, nearly twice as tall as Statue of Liberty
ABC News ^ | 10-31-18 | Gut Davies

Posted on 10/31/2018 5:49:01 PM PDT by Simon Green

The prime minister of India today unveiled the world’s largest statue, dedicated to Sardar Patel, a nationalist who helped unite modern India after its independence from Britain.

"We are doing everything possible to turn Sardar Patel's vision into a reality and ensure a good-quality life for our fellow Indians," Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted.

The monument, called the Statue of Unity, stands at nearly 600 feet and cost a staggering $460 million to build.

That makes the mega statue almost 200 feet higher than the world’s next largest, the Spring Temple Buddha in China, which stands at about 420 feet. The new statue in India is also nearly twice the height of the Statue of Liberty, which is 305 feet tall.

The Statue of Unity, located in the western state of Gujarat, is expected to attract tens of thousands of tourists per day. The project has proved controversial, however.

Farmers in the state of Gujarat were reportedly bemused that millions of dollars were spent on the flagship project. The BBC reported that locals have expressed deep concern that they still lack basic irrigation facilities vital to the region’s economy while mass investment has been diverted to a largely-ceremonial project.

But completion of the towering monument ends a critical debate over which political party has the best claim to the legacy of one of Indian history’s most revered figures.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Arts/Photography; History
KEYWORDS: abcdisneynews; big; gujarat; hindunationalism; india; narendramodi; nationalism; nationalist; sardarpatel; statue; statueofunity; unitedkingdom
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To: Simon Green

I wonder if the first typoon or Earthquake this thing gets is going to take it down


21 posted on 10/31/2018 6:10:37 PM PDT by Nateman (If the left is not screaming, you are doing it wrong.)
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To: a fool in paradise

Ahh yes, the fool and his narcisstick.


22 posted on 10/31/2018 6:11:18 PM PDT by broken_clock (Go Trump!)
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To: a fool in paradise
Dedicated to a Nationalist?

I was reading Wikipedia about this guy - he was, in fact, a nationalist for India and they obviously honor his memory. The globalists and statists in the US have done a great job of making people think 'nationalist' is a dirty word, but it's simply a synonym for 'patriot', which most of us think is a good thing.
23 posted on 10/31/2018 6:15:00 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: Simon Green

How will do in an earthquake?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Gujarat_earthquake


24 posted on 10/31/2018 6:16:52 PM PDT by SMGFan ( .)
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To: Simon Green

450 Million bucks worth of food infrastructure perhaps would have helped the starving in India a bit more. But perhaps a few thousand can sit in the shade.


25 posted on 10/31/2018 6:20:59 PM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: Simon Green

I think it looks pretty good. I don’t know why everyone’s knocking it.


26 posted on 10/31/2018 6:21:24 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Simon Green

Shouldn’t it be standing in front of a moving train?


27 posted on 10/31/2018 6:22:24 PM PDT by TomServo
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To: Simon Green

28 posted on 10/31/2018 6:28:02 PM PDT by seawolf101 (Member LES DEPLORABLES)
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To: Simon Green

Why not a statue for Subhas Chandra Bose, head of state for the Provisional Government of Free India?


29 posted on 10/31/2018 6:28:17 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

I knew a Patel at one time, she said that in the caste system that wasn’t a great last name to have. Can’t remember anything else about that.

There are some really large-assed statues of Buddha around, which is ironic if you know anything about Buddhism. :^) The previous record-holder was a Chinese state-sponsored statue of Buddha. This Patel statue is obviously more secular.

http://scribol.com/anthropology-and-history/cultures/17-biggest-buddhas-on-earth/

Largest statue in Africa is more secular, self-aggrandizing, and oddly it’s in Senegal:

http://www.google.com/search?q=biggest+statue+in+africa&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&tbm=isch

Rio de Janeiro’s Christ the Redeemer statue:

http://www.google.com/search?q=Christ+statue+in+Buenos+Aires&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&tbm=isch


30 posted on 10/31/2018 6:30:23 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: Simon Green

Is this a joke? He looks like a ‘honey-dipper’


31 posted on 10/31/2018 6:30:25 PM PDT by Bullish (I'm not going to say "I told you so" about FaceBook... I'm just going to put it in my tagline.)
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To: dp0622

Should he be saying very loudly “thank you berry much. Please come again. Have a nice day” in a 7/11 uniform?


32 posted on 10/31/2018 6:34:59 PM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
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To: Simon Green

600 feet

Ratio 6’:7”

Ratio 600’:700”/12

Ratio 600’:58’

Impressive.


33 posted on 10/31/2018 6:37:34 PM PDT by Eddie01
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To: technically right

Ask Joe Biden.


34 posted on 10/31/2018 6:42:06 PM PDT by rfp1234 (I have already previewed this composition.)
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To: Simon Green

MY dad I’d bigger than YOUR dad!

Do other countries think that a bigger statue will eclipse Liberty?


35 posted on 10/31/2018 6:42:34 PM PDT by KittenClaws ("They've got Daryl's Dad's car! .....Red Dawn)
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To: SunkenCiv
Largest statue in Africa is more secular, self-aggrandizing, and oddly it’s in Senegal:

I’d never heard of this one, so I looked it up. Here it is:

And....I kind of like it. Art critics apparently hate it. Wikipedia says they complain that the figure aren’t “African” enough, and display “macho sexism”. In the meantime, local imams complain that it’s “immodest”.

Well. No wonder I like it.

36 posted on 10/31/2018 6:44:49 PM PDT by Simon Green ("Arm your daughter, sir, and pay no attention to petty bureaucrats.”)
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To: Simon Green

IOW, the statue of *cough* “unity” ain’t the Statue of LIBERTY


37 posted on 10/31/2018 6:45:23 PM PDT by KittenClaws ("They've got Daryl's Dad's car! .....Red Dawn)
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To: SunkenCiv

https://inhabitat.com/giant-statue-made-from-4200-coca-cola-crates-preaches-the-3rs-in-cape-town-south-africa/


38 posted on 10/31/2018 6:45:35 PM PDT by rfp1234 (I have already previewed this composition.)
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To: Simon Green

As scale, the St. Louis Arch is 630 feet at its highest point...that’s a big mama!


39 posted on 10/31/2018 6:46:25 PM PDT by duckbutt (Those who pay no taxes have no check on their appetite for services.)
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To: Simon Green

Good gosh - do they have to bow down and worship it when they hear the music play?


40 posted on 10/31/2018 6:53:47 PM PDT by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite it's unfashionability)
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