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Texas gets 90-ft-tall Hanuman sculpture, 3rd tallest statue in US: Know all about it
Hindustan Times ^ | August 20, 2024 | Sumanti Sen

Posted on 08/20/2024 7:28:10 AM PDT by Towed_Jumper

A grand Pran Pratishtha ceremony was held in Texas, on Sunday, August 18, where a 90-foot-tall Hanuman statue was inaugurated.

A grand Pran Pratishtha ceremony was held in Houston, Texas, on Sunday, August 18, where a 90-foot-tall Hanuman statue was inaugurated. This is the third tallest statue

The statue was named ‘Statue of Union,’ and it commemorates Lord Hanuman’s role in reuniting Sri Rama and Sita. The temple has been built at the Sri Ashtalakshmi Temple in Sugar Land, Texas. The visionary behind the project happens to be His Holiness Sri Chinnajeeyar Swamiji.

The website of Statue of Union says that this statue is North America’s tallest statue of Lord Hanuman, who is an “embodiment of strength, devotion, and selfless service.” “This is an opportunity for us as a community to etch a path for future generations to seek the divine blessings of Lord Hanuman,” the website says,

Describing the statue, the website says, “Located at Sri Ashtalakshmi Temple in Sugar Land, Texas, the Panchaloha Abhaya Hanuman will stand at 90 feet tall – radiating benevolence, strength, and hope. The Statue of Union is about creating a spiritual epicenter where hearts find solace, minds find peace, and souls find a path to transcendence.”

“Let’s bring the vision of North America’s tallest Hanuman Statue to life, and together, let’s continue to create a world filled with love, peace, and devotion,” it adds.

(Excerpt) Read more at hindustantimes.com ...


TOPICS: Religion; Society
KEYWORDS: chinnajeeyarswamiji; christianity; comemisterhanuman; culture; deity; faithandphilosophy; handmethebanana; hanuman; hindu; hinduism; houston; idol; india; monkeygod; pranpratishtha; sugarland; texas
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To: Towed_Jumper
Yes, it is horrendous, but before we begin getting all smug about sculptures produced by Western artists... it is slightly better than many pieces shoved in the public's face by woke "art aficionados". This bronze sculpture found in the Des Moines Art Center Permanent Collections is either a Penis or the Leaning Tower Of Turd... You Be The Judge.

It is installed on the north central grounds of the Sculpture Park, along Grand Avenue, between 13th and 15th Streets in Downtown Des Moines, IA 50309

41 posted on 08/20/2024 8:37:49 AM PDT by fireman15 (Irritating people are the grit from which we fashion our pearl. I provide the grit. You're Welcome.)
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To: Towed_Jumper

Planet of the Apes? How lucky we are


42 posted on 08/20/2024 8:38:23 AM PDT by oil_dude
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To: Varsity Flight

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43 posted on 08/20/2024 8:39:05 AM PDT by DallasBiff (Apology not accepted.la is not the sharpest knife in the drawer)
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To: fireman15
You Be The Judge.

Its a penis


44 posted on 08/20/2024 8:43:09 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: Towed_Jumper

I am taking in the thread as a whole. It is self explanatory.


45 posted on 08/20/2024 8:44:01 AM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: Openurmind

You can’t force people to shut-up, don’t try to stop them from exercising free speech.


46 posted on 08/20/2024 9:01:34 AM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: Towed_Jumper

Its interesting, perhaps, to note that the backers of this and most overt Hindu temples and other such constructions are the conservative and largely pro-Trump parts of the US Hindu community.

They are the “religious right” of Hindus.

The Hindu/Indian left (Democrat voters) are rarely religious. The Hindu left in the US heavily outnumbers the Hindu right.


47 posted on 08/20/2024 9:05:32 AM PDT by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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To: subterfuge

Almost certainly wealthy people in the Hindu community. These aren’t poor people. On average Indians in the US make more money (household income) than Jews.


48 posted on 08/20/2024 9:09:33 AM PDT by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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To: nwrep

Ft Bend County is the most ethnically diverse county in Texas and one of the most diverse in the nation. My kids live there and I estimate 90% of the campaign signs are for Hindu or Muslim candidates.


49 posted on 08/20/2024 9:12:42 AM PDT by jagusafr ( )
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To: Towed_Jumper

There were no Catholics, Episcopalians or Lutherans on the Mayflower either. They were all members of a rather insular Calvinist sect. And not one that represents anything but a small minority of Christians that ever were in the US.


50 posted on 08/20/2024 9:15:16 AM PDT by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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To: Towed_Jumper

Yes bring back idol worship. Why not. 😆


51 posted on 08/20/2024 9:20:21 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: ansel12

“You can’t force people to shut-up, don’t try to stop them from exercising free speech.”

I didn’t, show me where? Don’t twist my words out of context. I was merely offering suggestion that we might want to think twice before suppressing the speech and faiths of others. Because if we do we will ourselves be next. I respect free speech just as much as freedom of religion. Like this Statue, it is both freedom of speech and freedom of religion. Hypocrisy is the problem I have. Like you trying to suppress my own free speech right now by twisting it into something it is not. Wanting tolerance of our own faith yet being intolerant of others is hypocrisy. Especially when it is based on ignorance of that other faith.


52 posted on 08/20/2024 9:22:41 AM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: Flavious_Maximus

Hanunan, the monkey-god.

Its a Hindu thing, but the monkey-god is all over East Asia. The real source in re this character is the Chinese classic, “Journey to the West”, which is actually a fantasy novel riffing off Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, what have you.

The beginning few chapters are really very funny, as it uses the monkey to make a monkey, so to speak, of all the religious beliefs and sacred cows (metaphorically) of China. Its a great satire. Highly recommended.

The thing is huge though, and goes on and on, episodically. I dont think there is even an English translation of the whole thing.


53 posted on 08/20/2024 9:24:47 AM PDT by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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To: TexasFreeper2009

And whose idea was that? ....spit!


54 posted on 08/20/2024 9:25:50 AM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (Bye done!)
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To: Openurmind

People can complain about that giant statue and our immigration laws and what they are doing to our nation all they want, discussing immigration and it’s effects is how we citizens make immigration law.


55 posted on 08/20/2024 9:26:30 AM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: Georgia Girl 2

The new Montezuma’s revenge. Same as the old Montezuma’s revenge.


56 posted on 08/20/2024 9:27:12 AM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Brandon's pronouns: Xi/Hur)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Have you been in a Catholic Church? The majority of Protestant opinion, back in the day, would have called us “idol worshipers”.

Btw - what is this then?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_the_Redeemer_(statue)


57 posted on 08/20/2024 9:27:52 AM PDT by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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To: buwaya; Towed_Jumper

There were Muslims who sailed with the Vikings. And the Vikings were here first. There is evidence that the phoneticians may have been here before that.


58 posted on 08/20/2024 9:28:35 AM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: nwrep

Millions.


59 posted on 08/20/2024 9:28:51 AM PDT by CodeToad (Rule #1: The elites want you dead.)
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To: Openurmind

The Phoenicians were, religiously, the villains of the Old Testament. It was their gods that were the counterpoint to Yahweh, and a perpetual temptation to the Israelites.


60 posted on 08/20/2024 9:32:39 AM PDT by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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