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Originally Posted by DubaiSis
Maybe the photographs of the sculpture were bad, but I don't see anything even vaguely offensive here. And Ganesh is the best god! All you have to do to keep him happy is feed him! Who doesn't love a god that's that easy.
Here's an interpretation of ganesh I like more and displays Ganesh as the happy god most of my Hindu friends would associate him as.
As far as the lunacy about the swastika (I'm presuming there's one on the sculpture that I didn't see) would it kill anybody to learn something? |
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Originally Posted by lthm
To the best of my knowledge, the swastika marks don't appear on this interpretation of Ganesha. I don't see it in any of my photos. But then, I wasn't really looking for it when I took them. The statue has been up for awhile now, and the day before yesterday was the first time I'd heard someone throw anything about a swastika into the mix of controversy.
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Originally Posted by Drolefille
If you're around the statue again, check a palm. That is usually the location of a swastika, that or under/on whatever Ganesh is sitting on.
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The article(s) quoted the artist and he said he didn't incorporate a swastika. He's local, 30 miles away in Spokane, so he may have chosen not to add that in because of the association with the hate groups formerly in the area.
I unfortunately didn't get to it today, so next weekend I'll get up close and check it out. I'm not sure if I'll be doing that before or after my wine tasting date so the pictures may be of poor quality
It can be purchased for $35,000, and it'd be kind of awesome if it was purchased and donated to North Idaho College for their peace park. The Peace Park is the land of the former Aryan Nation compound and was donated to NIC.
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