Government Museum at Town Hall in Tiruchi has plans to establish a ‘sculpture garden.’TIRUCHI: The Government Museum functioning at the historic Rani Mangammal Durbar Hall in the Town Hall complex has plans to establish a ‘sculpture garden’ to showcase its rich repertoire of statues of historic and religious significance.A proposal submitted by the museum authorities to the Government envisages construction...
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Kannada actor Dr. Rajkumar's statue, which was supposed to be installed opposite Rani Kitturu Chennamma’s statue near Town Hall Circle in Bangalore, will be shifted to a new location. On Wednesday, the Karnataka High Court disposed the public interest litigation (PIL) filed by BV Puttegowda and suggested the BBMP to change the location of the statue.Earlier, BV Puttegowda had filed a PIL in the Karnataka...
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Thailand's main airport is shifting 12 tall 'demon' statues from arrivals area to the check-in section of the terminal to improve morale of people working at the airport who thought the figures brought bad luck.Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi International Airport is relocating the statues at a cost of around 54,785 dollars."AOT has decided to move the statues to the check-in concourse to give passengers and...
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statue of RAF hero Sir Keith Park is to be unveiled on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square later.Sir Keith commanded RAF squadrons which defended London and the South East from World War II Luftwaffe attacks in 1940.The glass fibre sculpture, which will be in place for six months, will be unveiled at 1600 GMT on Wednesday.A separate, permanent, bronze statue of Park will be erected in Waterloo Place...
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Five-feet-high statues of the Tamil Nadu chief minister's parents have been unveiled at Radhapuram in the Tirunelvelli district.Karunanidhi had commissioned statues of his parents for the new bus terminal at Radhapuram. These were meant to be unveiled last month but those plans were abruptly cancelled, after the public put its collective foot down. The statues cost seven lakhs, but were paid for by...
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of the world’s tallest Buddha statues will soon be unveiled at Sarnath, the pilgrimage centre near Varanasi where he had delivered his first sermon.The Thai government-funded 100-foot sandstone structure, at a Thai monastery in Sarnath, is similar to Afghanistan’s two Bamiyan statues, which were the world’s tallest Buddha images till they were destroyed by the Taliban in March 2001.The Sarnath bust...
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Thailand's main airport is shifting 12 tall 'demon' statues from arrivals area to the check-in section of the terminal to improve morale of people working at the airport who thought the figures brought bad luck.Bangkok''s Suvarnabhumi International Airport is relocating the statues at a cost of around 54,785 dollars."AOT has decided to move the statues to the check-in concourse to give passengers and...
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Congress leaders here are demanding a facelift of the statue of country'sfirst prime minister which is reportedly lying in a neglected state inside theNehru Park.Former Union minister and senior Congress leader SatyaPrakash Malviya said that a lifesize statue of Jawaharlal Nehru was installedinside the Nehru Park on January 26, 1990 in the presence of a minister andsenior officials including the then...
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