{"id":10229,"date":"2015-08-11T17:16:08","date_gmt":"2015-08-11T17:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogbox.indianeagle.com\/?p=10229"},"modified":"2020-12-24T14:01:40","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T19:01:40","slug":"goddess-kali-on-new-york-empire-state-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/goddess-kali-on-new-york-empire-state-building\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Goddess Kali on New York City&#8217;s Empire State Building"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Indian Mythology is full of stories of Divinity vs Satanism, good vs evil, creation vs destruction, heaven vs hell, life vs death, blessing vs curse, peace vs violence<\/strong>.\u2026.No wonder why the Mythology of India is popular the world over. This time, it captured the imagination of American artist Android Jones for a social initiative in New York!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/goddess-kali-on-Empire-State-Building-in-New-York.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10233 size-full\" title=\"New York City's Empire State Building Displaying Virtual Image of Goddess Kali\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/goddess-kali-on-Empire-State-Building-in-New-York.jpg\" alt=\"Goddess Kali on Empire State Building, new york City, United States, wildlife conservation, social initiatives, IndianEagle Travel\" width=\"650\" height=\"437\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One of the most prominent mythical characters and most worshipped divine figures in India, <strong>Goddess Kali became a virtual face of the wildlife savior in a visual initiative called \u201cProjecting Change,\u201d<\/strong> conceptualized and executed by filmmaker Louie Psihoyos. The artwork exhibition \u201cProjecting Change\u201d on New York City\u2019s Empire State Building is an attention-grabbing visual medium to highlight conversation of endangered animals as a pressing need of the hour.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/cheap-flights-from-new-york-jfk-to-india-in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">New York<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span> City\u2019s 1250-feet high Empire State Building penetrating the Manhattan skyline displays virtual images of some 160 different animal species along with a fierce image of Goddess Kali as ultimate destroyer of evils, harbinger of change, ruler of time, and source of power. <strong>The awe-inspiring portrait of the goddess on display as part of the initiative in interest of threatened wildlife is designed by artist Android Jones<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Cecil the Lion and bald eagle are among the endangered animals that appeared in the grand artwork exhibition on the iconic Empire State Building. The infamous killing of Cecil the Lion by an American dentist in Zimbabwe last month is one of the threats to wildlife across the globe. <strong>\u201cProjecting Change\u201d is a thought-provoking initiative to make people aware of the animal species on the verge of extinction and inspire them to act towards saving those rare creatures.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/New-York-Empire-State-Building-displays-endangered-animals.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10235 size-full\" title=\"New York's Empire State Building Displaying Visual Images of Endangered Animals as Part of Wildlife-saving Initiative \" src=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/New-York-Empire-State-Building-displays-endangered-animals.jpg\" alt=\"New York news, Empire estate building artwork, Goddess Kali in New York, Indian Eagle\" width=\"650\" height=\"434\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Artist Android Jones used the image of Goddess Kali on New York\u2019s Empire State Building to give an impression of some \u201cfierce new avatar\u201d that the world is awaiting to protect <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/the-mothers-of-india\/\">Mother<\/a><\/span> Earth<\/strong> from extinction, pollution and global warming. It struck a chord with not only Indian Americans but Americans too.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It may be that artist Android Jones\u2019 choice of Goddess Kali as cosmic destroyer of evils is inspired by 20<sup>th<\/sup> century Irish poet W. B. Yeats\u2019 apocalyptic imagination of Sphinx (a ferocious avatar with the head of a lion and the body of a human being) in his poem \u201cThe Second Coming.\u201d &#8211; <strong>Indian Eagle<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Indian Eagle<\/span>, a Texas based leading travel organization <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/\">booking flights to India online<\/a> at incredibly low fares, supports such innovative initiatives in interest of Humanity, Nature and Earth.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indian Mythology is full of stories of Divinity vs Satanism, good vs evil, creation vs destruction, heaven vs hell, life vs death, blessing vs curse, peace vs violence.\u2026.No wonder why the Mythology of India is popular the world over. 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