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Villagers crushed as giant Hindu statue falls on its back
AFAR
1/11/2003
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A 108-foot statue of the Hindu god Krishna came crashing down on its back, killing 2 workers, 1 passerby, and injuring 12 others.
The temple, situated in Narshingpur, a village outside of Delhi, took six years to build, costing the villagers and the people in the surrounding district $417,000.