Paush Krushna Navami
Press release
USA: Hindus, welcoming the internationally renowned Portland Art Museum’s new acquisition of prestigious 11th century Lord Ganesha sculpture, have urged officials to display it with due reverence.
Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that the community was glad over this new valuable acquisition, but just wanted the Museum officials to be more careful while arranging its display as Lord Ganesha is worshipped as god of wisdom and remover of obstacles and invoked before the beginning of any major undertaking. This sculpture is reportedly scheduled to be unveiled in the near future.
Rajan Zed, who is president of Universal Society of Hinduism, urged other major museums of the world to organize exhibitions of Hindu art, sculptures, and architecture to make aware the present and future generations about their richness.
This stone stele of Lord Ganesha acquired by the Museum, made in northeastern India, shows him in seated in rajalilasana. This Museum already owns a 12th century bronze sculpture Shiva Nataraja from Tamil Nadu in India.
Founded in 1892 and oldest on the West Coast of USA, Portland Art Museum is internationally recognized for its permanent collection of about 42, 000 objects and the world’s finest public and private collections, and receives around 350,000 visitors annually.
Hinduism, oldest and third largest religion of the world, has about one billion adherents and moksha (liberation) is its ultimate goal.
