Towering Statue Honors Diminutive Indian Leader
Jun 10th, 2008 · India's most populous state — with 180 million people — has a chief minister known for large gestures. Though Mayawati is just 5 feet tall, a new statue erected in her honor was 12 feet tall. But nearby statues of other leaders towered over hers so, at a cost of almost a million dollars, Mayawati's statue grew 3 feet.