Chamaraja Circle – Mysore, Karnataka

Chamaraja Circle – Mysore, Karnataka

Chamaraja Circle is a traffic circle located at the intersection of Ashoka Road and Albert Victor Road in Mysore, Karnataka. There is a statue of Jaya Chamarajendra Wodayar in the circle with a golden dome above the statue. With the golden plated onion dome and boldly executed brackets supported by columns, this is a well known landmark in the tourism map of Mysore city.

Gandhi Statue – San Francisco, California

Gandhi Statue – San Francisco, California

This Gandhi Statue is located in the Ferry Building on The Embarcadero in San Francisco, California. The statue was presented to the City of San Francisco and Citizens of the United States by the Gandhi Memorial International Foundation. The statue was dedicated on the 3rd of October in 1988 by Art Agnos, the then Mayor of the city of San Francisco

Bronze Horseman – St. Petersburg, Russia

Bronze Horseman – St. Petersburg, Russia

The Bronze Horseman is an equestrian statue of Peter the Great in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Commissioned by Catherine the Great, it was created by the French sculptor Étienne Maurice Falconet. It is also the name of a narrative poem written by Aleksandr Pushkin about the statue in 1833, widely considered to be one of the most significant works of Russian literature.

Gutenberg Monument – Frankfurt, Germany

Gutenberg Monument – Frankfurt, Germany

This memorial was inaugurated on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the invention of printing by movable type and commemorates its creator, Johannes Gutenberg. The Gothic-style sandstone structure is made up of three massive statues, representing Gutenberg and his printers and patrons, Hans Fust and Peter Schöffer. The crests depicted stand for Mainz, Strasbourg, Frankfurt and Venice

The Great Fork – Vevey, Switzerland

The Great Fork – Vevey, Switzerland

Just a stone’s throw from the famous statue of Charlie Chaplin, the fork has likewise become an emblem for the town of Vevey. At its official inauguration ceremony in September 2009, County Counsellor Jacqueline de Quattro highlighted the symbolic power such works of art can acquire, as with the mermaid in Copenhagen, the Manneken Pis in Brussels and now the fork in Vevey.

Mahatma Gandhi Statue – Pondicherry

Mahatma Gandhi Statue – Pondicherry

Gandhi Statue is a four-meter statue of Mahatma Gandhi surrounded by eight granite pillars, which were supposedly brought from Gingee. Located across the street from the Gandhi statue is the statue of Jawaharlal Nehru. It is also flanked by four pillars from Gingee. The space in front plays host to various cultural, musical and commercial activities through the year.

Plaza Garuda – GWK Cultural Park, Bali

Plaza Garuda – GWK Cultural Park, Bali

Right behind the Plaza Wisnu is the Plaza Garuda where the 18 meters tall statue of Garuda placed temporarily. At the present time, Plaza Garuda becomes the focal point of a massive alley of carved lime stone pillars which covers more than 4000 sqm open space area namely Lotus Pond. The colossal lime stone pillars and monumental Garuda statue make Lotus Pond a very exotic space.