#monument

According to Wikipedia it's the tallest bronze Gandhi anywhere, put up by the state government at a cost of about 35 crore rupees — which, whatever the exchange rate, is a serious pile of money.

It's a war memorial, apparently — a rooster on a brick column at the edge of a tiny Frisian village, with the names on a plaque partway up. I couldn't find why they chose a rooster of all things; if anyone knows the story, I'd love to hear it.

According to Wikipedia it stands on the riverbank in Lisbon where the ships actually set off for India and beyond, and it was put up to celebrate that whole age of sailing out to explore and trade — or to conquer, depending on who's telling it.