WILL SHRAVANABELAGOLA'S BAHUBALI FIGURE IN

'THE 7 WONDER'S OF THE WORLD'?

     The commonly-known Seven Ancient Wonders of the World were all man-made monuments, selected by Philon of Byzantium in 200 BC which was only an individual opinion. His choice was essentially a travel guide for fellow Athenians, and the stunning sites were all located around the Mediterranean basin, the then known world. All of them had been built between 2500 BC and 200 BC. On the contrary Bernard Weber an adventurer of Swiss origin felt that the opinion of the mass all over the world should be taken into consideration while arriving at the conclusion of the 7 Wonders of the World instead of the selection based on the opinion of a single man. Hence he launched the 'New 7 Wonders Foundation' and intended to revive the scheme of identifying 7 wonders by a democratic process. For this the foundation has launched the website www.new7wonders.com where in the visitors and individuals can cast their vote in favour of their choice by the 24th December 2005. A total of 77 top scoring sites will be selected by filtering among the numerous sites nominated. An international expert will shortlist a list of 21 sites of these 77 entries. These 21 sites will once again be allowed for public polling. Out of these only the top 7 sites will be selected finally under the 7 wonders of the world which would be announced on 1st January, 2007.  

     The people of the world have greatly appreciated the image of Gommateshwara for its unique serene beauty and the complexion of the image and at times have deeply felt as it should have been included under the list of 7 Wonders of the world. On the contrary they have also regretted for the non figuring of this great statue in this list. But now time has come to those who expressed real concern for the fact by exercising their vote positively in favour of including the statue under the 7 wonder of the world. Hence people are earlestly requested to vote in favour of making the statue of Lord Bahubali to figure in the august list of "New 7 Wonders" of the world. To cast your vote in favour of Shravanabelagola's Bahubali please visit the website www.new7wonders.com. -Jain Heritage Centres News Service   

Please visit www.new7wonders.com to vote for Shravanabelagola's Bahubali.

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