Thursday, September 3, 2009

King Edward Statue, Bangalore

In the year the King Edward VII statue was built by public subscription, and installed at the North-Western point of the Cubbon Park, Bangalore.


40 comments:

  1. i have never been to this park in Bangalore! should go there soon// it's amazing!

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  2. Nice statue, nice weather and a nice photo of it all:-)

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  3. Marvelous sky and background for the handsome statue! Marvelous shot as always, Rajesh!

    Have a lovely weekend!

    Sylvia

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  4. Good shot set against the lovely blue sky.
    Janice.

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  5. Thank you for sharing this interesting photo. That looks like a beautiful sky behind the statue.

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  6. I wonder how many british monarchs statues are all over india. I think this one's the first one I've seen posted on blogs so far.

    Happy weekend.

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  7. The statue is the spitting image of the king. Great shot!

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  8. Big statue adding features on your sky photo.

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  9. Impressive monument!

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  10. Great photo and lovely color, happy skywatch

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  11. Anonymous04:35

    He looks quite intimating and austere.

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  12. Wonderful post. Thank you very much.

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  13. The history that we get from the meme is just marvelous! That's a great shot and your one sentence tells us so much! Thanks.

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  14. The STATUE is so BIG but its BEAUTIFUL :))))

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  15. Fortunately men are not dressed like that anymore !

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  16. The statue of King Edward looks impressive!

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  17. well shot against the light!

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  18. I should imagine King Edward gets rather hot in all those robes under the hot sun.

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  19. I dont remember B'lore now... I went there some 10 yrs ago... Gotta go again...
    Nice shot...
    My Travelogue

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  20. Thats a nice statue, love the minute details.

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  21. That is one imposing statue! Love the pretty blooms behind.

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  22. Impressive statue of the king...nice background for the shot...

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  23. RAJESH, hello,thanks a lot for visiting my blog...i loved your blog so much that i am a follower now....great going.

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  24. That's quite a statue--lots of detail.

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  25. Great the way you captured King Edward VII. He looks impressive in his robes and finery!

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  26. cool blue sky and lovely flowers at the background and high mighty sculpture!

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  27. Anonymous23:32

    public subscription ???
    And year ???

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  28. Nice statue. Beautiful flowers and sky.

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  29. wow... no other pictures of the park?

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  30. He looks distinctly pompous to me, just what one would expect of an overlord! Great shot.

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  31. i am afraid i dont know much about English history although Malaya as it was once known was a colony of Britain at one time :)

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  32. Lovely and fantastic statue and great shot too Rajesh !!

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  33. Anonymous11:39

    that is a great and huge statue

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  34. Anonymous22:54

    Lovely structure and wish to visit your country in the future. Thanks for the visit on my last post Rajesh...Namaste~

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  35. Hi, coming here after a long time. Caught up with your previous posts. I loved the photo of the stone chariot.
    Have been to Bangalore a few times but have not been to Cubbon Park.
    Great pic.

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  36. Swetha, Mitr: It is one of the nice parks in Bangalore.

    Asta, Joo, Things we carried, Gattina, Dirk: Thanks, very true.

    Dan, Sylvia, Janice, Denise, Reader, Danton: Thanks for the appreciation.

    Photo Cache, bettyl, Hobo, Bengbeng: Thanks, there are a few in Bangalore. These belong to the era before independence of India.

    Sandy, Regina, Anya, magiceye, Kazu, BeachlLike: Thanks for the appreciation.

    Linda: Thanks, very nice one.

    Sujata, Leora, Louise, Arija, Deepak, Carol: Thanks, very true.

    Kavita: Thanks, and truly appreciate you following my blog.

    Diane, Syel, April, Unseen, JyotiAjay, Phivos, Pacey, Rune: Thanks for the appreciation.

    fufu: Thanks, more snaps will follow.

    Aparna: Thanks good to see you back again in my blog. You must visit this park when in Bangalore next time. It is a nice place.

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