Hanuman's Granite Peedam

Gurudeva commissioned a giant Hanuman to be carved in India and decreed that He be installed in Iraivan's Sacred Garden, holding in His hand a small mountain on which Iraivan Temple sits. As you know, Hanuman arrived, but His base is still in progress in India.

Today we received these photos from the Bengaluru team showing the progress on this massive base. It is REALLY big, fully nine feet long and four feet high. Hanuman will stand 18 feet tall when He is installed for a thousand years.

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The real thing, standing in India before it was shipped

He is 13 feet tall! And we think one of the most elegant and powerful ever carved.

Selvanathan Sthapati designed the base in the old Chola style

Here it is!

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