1999-09-01 09:00:00+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
Krishna meets Disney >From the BBC:
The Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee is opening a new multi-million dollar high-tech temple built by the Hare Krishna movement.
The Glory of India temple in New Delhi combines ancient teachings with nine "mechanical gods", built by a special effects company.
The robots, created by Los Angeles-based Attraction Services, will recite from Hindu scriptures like the Bhagwad Gita and the Vedas.
Hollywood and Indian actors provide the voices for the "gods", which can move their heads, and limbs.
I see a market here... Do you think Chattanooga could do with an animatronic stations of the cross? Jesus writhing as the soldiers pound in the nails? (repeated every 20 minutes?) It should also be noted that the wax handle-bar moustache on at least one of these gods looks like there might be a little bit of culture borrowing going on, so there should be no problems with making Jesus white.