India’s Moment Has Arrived, and Modi Wants a New Global Order
The G-20 summit in New Delhi is set to showcase Narendra Modi’s attempts to demonstrate that geopolitics goes beyond the US and China.
The statue depicting the revered Hindu god Shiva at the Bharat Mandapam venue for the G-20 summit in New Delhi.
Source: Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts
As a symbol of India’s intent to reshape the global order, the 19-ton statue depicting the revered Hindu god Shiva set to greet world leaders at the Group of 20 summit this week is hard to miss.
Standing 28-feet (8.5 meters) tall and forged with metals such as gold, silver and iron, the Nataraja dancing figure is an appropriate icon for the summit host, Narendra Modi, who celebrated his rise to power in 2014 with a prayer service on the Ganges River at a temple dedicated to Lord Shiva, the god of destruction, creation and transformation.