Imitation might be the the sincerest form of flattery, but in the global tourism racket replication is the sincerest form of poaching on someone else's turf.
There's the "Eiffel Tower" in Las Vegas, and, of course, the entire Austrian village currently being cloned by a Chinese company.
None of these "if you can't beat 'em, copy 'em" projects, however, are as audacious as the one now underway in India, where a larger version of Cambodia's UNESCO World Heritage Site Angkor Wat is being built on the banks of the Ganges in the state of Bihar.
A foundation-laying ceremony for the temple took place on March 5 at the 16-hectare site near Hajipur, about 25 kilometers north of Bihar's capital Patna.
The Mahavir Mandir Trust will undertake the US$20 million project that will take an estimated 10 years to complete. The trust has built a number of hospitals and temples in Bihar, mainly funded by donations.
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