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Mahatma Gandhi comes to Houston
Houston, Sep 02: Very soon a long-cherished dream of about 120,000 Indo-Americans living in the metropolitan city of Houston, Texas will be realised when a life size bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi would be installed here.
Houston, Sep 02: Very soon a long-cherished dream of about 120,000 Indo-Americans living in the metropolitan city of Houston, Texas will be realised when a life size bronze
statue of Mahatma Gandhi would be installed here.
The ground-work for installation of the life-size bronze statue will be inaugurated by Houston's mayor lee p brown, on October 2, 2003, in the city's centrally located landmark -the Hermann Park, which is frequented by millions of tourists every year.
Sculpted in India by renowned sculptor, Ram Sutar, the statue is a gift to the citizens of greater houston by the Indian government as a gesture of goodwill and friendship.
"The Indian community is an active and important part of the city, and the statue will serve both to re-enforce the ties between India and Houston and to remind the Houstonians of the admirable work of Gandhi,” Mayor Brown says.
"The statue would be a symbol of peace for Houstonians to enjoy for years to come,” he says.
"It is identical to the one that was unveiled by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and former US President Bill Clinton in Washington in September 2000,” Krishna Vavilala, chairman, India culture center, says noting the local Indo-American community will bear the costs of the granite pedestal on which the statue will be installed.
Bureau Report
Sculpted in India by renowned sculptor, Ram Sutar, the statue is a gift to the citizens of greater houston by the Indian government as a gesture of goodwill and friendship.
"The Indian community is an active and important part of the city, and the statue will serve both to re-enforce the ties between India and Houston and to remind the Houstonians of the admirable work of Gandhi,” Mayor Brown says.
"The statue would be a symbol of peace for Houstonians to enjoy for years to come,” he says.
"It is identical to the one that was unveiled by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and former US President Bill Clinton in Washington in September 2000,” Krishna Vavilala, chairman, India culture center, says noting the local Indo-American community will bear the costs of the granite pedestal on which the statue will be installed.
Bureau Report