Lion Emblem

Bengal BJP chief Sukanto Majumdar has to explain to the Election Commission his remarks that Trinamool Congress says are insulting to the national emblem, the Lion Capitol of Emperor Ashoka.

Two lawyers have moved the Supreme Court against the cast of the national emblem atop the new Parliament building alleging that its design violates the State Emblem of India (Prohibition Against Improper Use) Act.

The family members of Dinanath Bhargava, a co-artist in the team that had designed the original national emblem of India, said that in order to accomplish the task, he kept visiting a zoo in Kolkata for three months to closely observe lions.

The distortion is serious and ought to be undone. Our national emblem is not a toy to which a child can give a new shape. It stands for the meaning of India, and for the message of the Indian state.

The controversy over the massive bronze national emblem to be put atop the new parliament could be because of the angle at which the lions are being viewed, the artistes who built it told NDTV in an exclusive interview today

Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday said if the Ashokan lions at Sarnath were to be scaled up or the one atop the new Parliament building reduced to that size, there would not be a difference.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 11 unveiled the national emblem cast on the roof of the new Parliament building in New Delhi. The emblem is an adaption of the Lion Capital of Ashoka at Sarnath.

Dinanath Bhargava, a co-artist in the team that sketched the national emblem 'Lion Capital of Ashoka' and decorated the pages of the Constitution's manuscript, died at the age of 89 in Indore yesterday.

Bengal BJP chief Sukanto Majumdar has to explain to the Election Commission his remarks that Trinamool Congress says are insulting to the national emblem, the Lion Capitol of Emperor Ashoka.

Two lawyers have moved the Supreme Court against the cast of the national emblem atop the new Parliament building alleging that its design violates the State Emblem of India (Prohibition Against Improper Use) Act.

The family members of Dinanath Bhargava, a co-artist in the team that had designed the original national emblem of India, said that in order to accomplish the task, he kept visiting a zoo in Kolkata for three months to closely observe lions.

The distortion is serious and ought to be undone. Our national emblem is not a toy to which a child can give a new shape. It stands for the meaning of India, and for the message of the Indian state.

The controversy over the massive bronze national emblem to be put atop the new parliament could be because of the angle at which the lions are being viewed, the artistes who built it told NDTV in an exclusive interview today

Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday said if the Ashokan lions at Sarnath were to be scaled up or the one atop the new Parliament building reduced to that size, there would not be a difference.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 11 unveiled the national emblem cast on the roof of the new Parliament building in New Delhi. The emblem is an adaption of the Lion Capital of Ashoka at Sarnath.

Dinanath Bhargava, a co-artist in the team that sketched the national emblem 'Lion Capital of Ashoka' and decorated the pages of the Constitution's manuscript, died at the age of 89 in Indore yesterday.