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  2. Nataraja - Wikipedia

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    In 2004, a 2 meter statue of the dancing Shiva was unveiled at CERN, the European Center for Research in Particle Physics in Geneva. The statue, symbolizing Shiva's cosmic dance of creation and destruction, was given to CERN by the Indian government to celebrate the research center's long association with India. [61]

  3. Sripuranthan Natarajan Idol - Wikipedia

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    The Sripuranthan Natarajan Idol, is a 900-year-old statue of Natarajan — the dancing Shiva — that was stolen from the ancient Brihadeeswarar temple of Sripuranthan, smuggled to the United States, and then sold to the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra with a false provenance, for US$5.1 million. The statue was consequently returned by ...

  4. Isis Temple - Wikipedia

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    The western watershed north to south is the Claude Birdseye Point prominence on a western arm of Shiva Temple (Arizona). Next is a series of three connected landforms, lowering in height southward – Osiris Temple (ht 6613 ft), Horus Temple (ht 6150 ft), and Tower of Set (ht 6012 ft), bordering the outfall region into Granite Gorge and the ...

  5. List of tallest Hindu deity statues - Wikipedia

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    Ramdurg Shiva Statue Shiva Dodamangadi, Belagavi District, Karnataka India 23.77 metres (78.0 ft) [21] 2018 46 Shiva Statue Shiva Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh: India 23.17 metres (76.0 ft) The fifth tallest statue of Shiva in the world. The fourth tallest statue of Shiva in India [22] 2006 47 Kote Anjaneya Statue: Hanuman Tumkur, Karnataka India 23 ...

  6. CERN ritual hoax - Wikipedia

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    Frame from the video depicting people in cloaks gathered around the statue of Shiva. The CERN ritual hoax is a found footage video that depicts a faux occult ritual occurring in the grounds of CERN, the intergovernmental organization that operates the largest particle physics laboratory in the world.

  7. List of national monuments of the United States - Wikipedia

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    President Barack Obama created or expanded 34 national monuments by proclamation, the most of any president, with over half a billion acres of public land and water protected. [7] [8] [5] National monuments are located in 33 states, Washington, D.C., the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Minor Outlying Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands.

  8. List of statues - Wikipedia

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    Statue of Don Juan de Oñate called The Equestrian in El Paso, Texas - At 36 feet (11 m) tall, it is purported by the sculptor to be the largest bronze equestrian statue in the world. Statue of Sam Houston in Huntsville, Texas - At 66 feet (20 m) tall, it is the tallest statue of any American political figure.

  9. Bhoganandishwara Temple - Wikipedia

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    According to the art historian George Michell, the temple is a typical 9th-10th century Nolamba construction with pilasters on the outer walls of the shrines, perforated decorative stone windows which contain figures, of a dancing Shiva (south wall of the Arunachaleshwara shrine) and Durga standing on a buffalo head (north wall of Bhoga ...