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.
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This over-populated, third world, s-hole spends money on a statue when 70% of the country has no toilets.
... aaaand the punchline? This from Economic Times/India article about this (apparently modest) gentleman:
“Sardar Patel was completely against building statues and memorials.”
Interesting.
Because he tried to ally with Hitler...
Along the Main St of my town are about 25 so-called “Traveler Hotels”. Stay by the day, week, month, what have you.
About 80% are owned by the Patel family the rest owned by another Indian named family I cant recall.
I think the name Patel is like Smith in the USA.
Here is one I would like to visit.
Stalingrad! Oh, God! Five months, two million KIA.
Yakov Pavlov!
The Motherland Calls
The work of sculptor Yevgeny Vuchetich and engineer Nikolai Nikitin is an 85 metre figure of a woman stepping forward with a raised sword. The statue is an allegorical image of the Motherland, which calls on its sons and daughters to repulse the enemy and continue their further attack.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Motherland_Calls
Shouldn’t the statue be of him pouring coffee at the 7-11?
LOL, how about having him doing "The Charleston"?
They could’ve lost the towels and really made ‘em heroic.
(I think the smallest one is the statue of David)
It looks like a family, with the child pointing to the future.
No wonder the f-ing critics hate it.
The pose is kind of...blah, but...the size is very impressive! I guess it is just another Internet thing to poke fun at.
I admit to liking the pose of the Statue of Liberty in contrast...it looks...dynamic.
The Soviet statue has an interesting pose too, but as a rule, I despise most Soviet things like that. The woman looks like a dude. I have always hated the Soviet propaganda art, and this looks like a 3D representation. But I do like the pose...
I’ll have to view that on the newer machine.
Meanwhile, a smaller but still large scale:
http://www.google.com/search?q=giant+female+dancer+sculpture&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&tbm=isch
If the local imams don't like it, #1, nice job, and #2, behead the silly bastards and put their heads on stakes near the statue. Just an idea. I think remember that North Korea was the contractor on this job.
Man worships man.
Are they the guys who asked my sister to pay her back takes or the police were on their way to arrest her with gift cards from Walmart?
And with Stalin, both before and after Hitler.
Yes...and they sell after market automobile warranties! Grrr.
Yeah, I call them Red Dot Inns. I refuse to stay in one
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