Talk:Bahubali/Archive 1

Merge discussion
I disagree. Bahubali is also a word which is used for a goon with a power (mostly a politician in north India). Hence I believe it should not be merged. It will malign the image of Lord Bahubali Panchawatkar (talk) 15:52, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

Since Gomateshwara is only another name for Bahubali and a less common one, it should be merged here, only causes confusion, unless separate Bahubali statue, Shravanabelagola article be created instead! Thanks--Ekabhishektalk 04:28, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

Gomateshwara and Bahubali are indeed one in the same person. Perhaps a page should be made for the Saint, and one for the Statues (especially the one at Shravanabelagola.) Instantbro896 (talk) 13:36, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

Cleanup
This page honestly needs a clean up. Copy pasta galore. I can see "[edit]" in the raw text, as well as a foreign language that I'm guessing is Hindi. Seriously, anybody who has good access to the Hindi Wikipedia or whatever (sorry, I'm preassuming) can you please either translate or interchange it back to English and somebody who knows what this article is about, could fix it up. 78.145.30.60 (talk) 21:43, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

Wrapped in vines?
What is the symbolism, if any, of the vines that wrap artistically around the statue's arms and legs?

I thought that Gommateshvara was the god or avatar or holy man and Bahubali was the location? --Monado (talk) 20:46, 13 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Check the page now, for answers. Nimit (talk) 14:33, 10 May 2015 (UTC)

GA
I've placed him under "religious figures" at Good articles/Philosophy and religion. Check you don't prefer a different subcategory. Adam Cuerden (talk) 20:22, 10 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot -- Pankaj Jain Capankajsmilyo (talk · contribs · [//tools.wmflabs.org/xtools-ec/?user=Capankajsmilyo&project=en.wikipedia.org count])  00:40, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
 * However, since the article is about a Jain God, I guess "Divinities and protohistoric figures" will be a better category. Please consider. Thanks again -- Pankaj Jain Capankajsmilyo (talk · contribs · [//tools.wmflabs.org/xtools-ec/?user=Capankajsmilyo&project=en.wikipedia.org count])  00:44, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Done. Adam Cuerden (talk) 03:29, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

The weight of the statue
apparently statue weights 400 - 600  tons

please to be compared with  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_monoliths_in_the_world

Was the statue transported to the place or just carved out from a natural rock formation ???

-- It is carved "In-place" in a natural rock 199.116.168.53 (talk) 20:16, 16 April 2018 (UTC)