The Cleveland Asian Indian community, and many others, came together Sunday October 1, 2006 for the introduction of the Indian Cultural Garden and the unveiling and dedication of the Mahatma Gandhi statue.
India Cultural Garden sign
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MC Dick Russ and dignitaries before the unveiling
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Unveiling of the Mahatma Gandhi statue
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The Statue of Mahatma Gandhi
on the granite pedestal stands 17' tall
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Honorable Ronen Sen, Ambassaor of India
Ambassador Sen welcomed the crowd on behalf of India, the world's largest democracy and home of 1.1 billion people. He told how when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. visited India that he was greeted more enthusiastically than any head of state. When asked about this visit to India, Dr King replied that it was not a visit. " I've come here on a pilgrimage to the land of Gandhi."
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Quote from the side of the Mahatma Gandhi statue: I do not want my house to be walled in on all sides and my windows to be stuffed. I want the cultures of all the lands to be blown about my house as freely as possible but I refuse to be blown off my feet by any.
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Quote from the other side of the Mahatma Gandhi statue: Ahimsa (Non-violence) is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man.
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Religions of India
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Gandhi's Prayer performed by Sugatha Chatterjee as Congressman and Mrs Kucinich look on
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Honorable Judge Christopher Boyko
swears in new US citizens
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Suvani Digumarta, Hrishve Mahalaha
and Hrishve's daughter Maansi
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Mahatma Gandhi statue with flowers
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Posing by the new Mahatma Gandhi statue
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Posing by the new Mahatma Gandhi statue
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Posing by the new Mahatma Gandhi statue
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Posing by the new Mahatma Gandhi statue
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Posing by the new Mahatma Gandhi statue
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Posing by the new Mahatma Gandhi statue
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Posing by the new Mahatma Gandhi statue
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Congressman Dennis Kucinich and wife Elizabeth
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Denise Ivan-Antus and George R. Terback
representing the Slovaks at the event
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