Politics may stop Catholics in south India from building Asia’s tallest Jesus statue
Banglalore, IndiaReligion Unplugged Standing almost 35 metres high, Asia’s tallest stone statue of Jesus would look out from a four hectare plot in the Catholic-majority Harobele village on the outskirts of the global technology hub Bangalore, the capital of the southern Indian state of Karnataka. After a large, undisclosed donation to the Catholic Church’s $US1.5 […]
Mammoth statue of Jesus planned for Russian site once set aside for Lenin
Moscow, RussiaRNS Authorities in Vladivostok, the largest city in far eastern Russia, are planning to erect a gigantic statue of Jesus Christ on a site once designated for a monument of Vladimir Lenin. The statue, which has not yet been approved by the Russian Orthodox Church, is to be 38 metres high – the same […]