07-21-2004, 11:10 PM
Yes, they can have Karl Marx or Lenin or Jesus image everwhere
<b>No statue for Lord Parasuram</b>
P K SURENDRAN
TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ TUESDAY, JULY 20, 2004 01:46:14 PM ]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala may be God's Own country but Lord Parasurama will have no statue.
Tourism Minister P Sankaran had announced recently that the tourism department mooted to set up one giant Parasurama image in stone at the famed Kovalam beach to attract tourists. <b>He was under fire by communists who claimed that such a work would only encourage the legend that has no historical backing</b>. <!--emo&:thumbdown--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thumbsdownsmileyanim.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='thumbsdownsmileyanim.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Parasurama, the legendary founder of Kerala, is believed to have carved Kerala out of Arabian Sea by flinging his axe across the ocean.
The minister has, in a written reply, said on Tuesday the department had not taken a decision to this effect. It is as good as dropped, he hinted.
<b>No statue for Lord Parasuram</b>
P K SURENDRAN
TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ TUESDAY, JULY 20, 2004 01:46:14 PM ]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala may be God's Own country but Lord Parasurama will have no statue.
Tourism Minister P Sankaran had announced recently that the tourism department mooted to set up one giant Parasurama image in stone at the famed Kovalam beach to attract tourists. <b>He was under fire by communists who claimed that such a work would only encourage the legend that has no historical backing</b>. <!--emo&:thumbdown--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thumbsdownsmileyanim.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='thumbsdownsmileyanim.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Parasurama, the legendary founder of Kerala, is believed to have carved Kerala out of Arabian Sea by flinging his axe across the ocean.
The minister has, in a written reply, said on Tuesday the department had not taken a decision to this effect. It is as good as dropped, he hinted.