News - Gandhi statues in demand worldwide

by Life Positive

While not everyone may adopt the teachings of the Father of the Nation, his statues are being installed across the world. Slovenia is the latest country to acquire the statue of peace icon Mahatma Gandhi.

Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) sent Gandhi’s life-size
Bapu in Canada: A Gandhi bust in Qubec, Canada bronze statue (sitting meditation posture) to Slovenia for installation in Slovene Gradec Municipality. Ram Sutar of Delhi has sculpted the statue.

Bronze busts of Mahatma Gandhi image have already been sent by ICCR to Germany, Australia, Italy, USA, Morocco, Mexico, South Africa and Myanmar.

Gandhi’s life-size or one-and-half life-size bronze statues have been dispatched by ICCR from India to Italy, Canada, USA, South Africa, Switzerland, Australia, Brazil, Kazakhstan, France and New Zealand. The busts have been sculpted by Ram Sutar (Delhi), Gautam Pal (Kolkata), Ramesh Bisht, and Ratnabali Kant (Delhi).

Source: ANI