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Statue
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Chennai: Statue of Pope John Paul II standing 22 feet tall costing Rs 4 lakh created by eminent sculptor and Karate expert Shihan
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Hussaini was unveiled in the premises of a Christian mission at Besant
Nagar in Chennai recently. The statue was completed and mounted six days
after he died, making it the world's first statue after his death. Sculptor
Shihan Hussaini, a post-graduate student of the Government college of
fine arts, Chennai, who shot to fame with his theme statues of Kalpana
Chawla, Brigand Veerappan's capture and the Sankaracharya Jeyandra Saraswati,
says it is a personal tribute to the miraculous powers of the Pope which
saved his life on three occasions.
April 2, 2006
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