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The
commonly-known Seven Ancient Wonders of the World were all man-made
monuments, selected by Philon of Byzantium in 200 BC which was only an
individual opinion. His choice was essentially a travel guide for fellow
Athenians, and the stunning sites were all located around the Mediterranean
basin, the then known world. All of them had been built between 2500 BC and
200 BC. On the contrary Bernard Weber an adventurer of Swiss origin felt
that the opinion of the mass all over the world should be taken into
consideration while arriving at the conclusion of the 7 Wonders of the World
instead of the selection based on the opinion of a single man. Hence he
launched the 'New 7 Wonders Foundation' and intended to revive the scheme of
identifying 7 wonders by a democratic process. For this the foundation has
launched the website
www.new7wonders.com where in the visitors and individuals can cast their
vote in favour of their choice by the 24th December 2005. A total of 77
top scoring sites will be selected by filtering among the numerous sites
nominated. An international experts team will shortlist a list of 21 sites of
these 77 entries. These 21 sites will once again be allowed for public
polling. Out of these only the top 7 sites will be selected finally under
the 7 wonders of the world which would be announced on 1st January, 2007.
The
people of the world have greatly appreciated the image of Gommateshwara for
its unique serene beauty and the complexion of the image and at times have
deeply felt as it should have been included under the list of 7 Wonders of
the world. On the contrary they have also regretted for the non figuring of
this great statue in this list. But now time has come to those who expressed
real concern for the fact by exercising their vote positively in favour of
including the statue under the 7 wonder of the world. Hence people are
earlestly requested to vote in favour of making the statue of Lord Bahubali
to figure in the august list of "New 7 Wonders" of the world. To cast your
vote in favour of Shravanabelagola's Bahubali please visit the website
www.new7wonders.com.
-Jain Heritage Centres News Service
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