Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Shiva the Destroyer Statue at CERN


The statue of Lord Shiva at CERN near the building A40. Given by Department of Atomic Energy, India. [1]

The statue is a gift from India, celebrating CERN's long association with India which started in the 1960's and continues strongly today. Unveiled at June 18, 2004.

Photographed by Arpad Horvath

Indian gift unveiled at CERN: the statue of the Indian deity Shiva was unveiled by His Excellency K M Chandrasekhar, ambassador (WTO Geneva), shown above signing the visitors' book, Anil Kakodkar, chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission and secretary of the Indian Department of Energy, and CERN's director-general, Robert Aymar.

Lord Shiva Statue Unveiled
Inauguration d'une statue du dieu Shiva

23 min. MiniDV / / CERN Copyright 2004
Keywords: Shiva, India
Reference: CERN-VIDEORUSH-2004-05
Language: French


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