{"id":12198,"date":"2007-04-12T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-12T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/2007\/04\/12\/lord-ganesha-blesses-macy-s-61st-annual-flower-show-in-san-francisco\/"},"modified":"2007-04-12T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-04-12T12:00:00","slug":"lord-ganesha-blesses-macy-s-61st-annual-flower-show-in-san-francisco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/2007\/04\/12\/lord-ganesha-blesses-macy-s-61st-annual-flower-show-in-san-francisco\/","title":{"rendered":"Lord Ganesha Blesses Macy&#8217;s 61st Annual Flower Show in San Francisco"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"source\"><a HREF=\"http:\/\/www.federated-fds.com\/pressroom\/macys\/macyswest\/media_kits.asp?mediakit=119&#038;item=2\">www.federated-fds.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"summary\">SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, April 12, 2007: (HPI note: the following is from Macy&#8217;s &#8220;press kit&#8221; at URL above, which includes photos. The huge Lord Ganesha is quite a startling sight to encounter in the center of downtown San Francisco.) Macy&#8217;s 61st Annual Flower Show invites visitors to &#8220;Imagine India&#8221; and celebrate the country&#8217;s vibrant colors, distinctive style, seductive sounds, delicious food and amazing flowers. From the opulence and grandeur of India&#8217;s golden palaces, to the excitement of Mumbai&#8217;s nightlife, to the intoxicating beauty of the spice markets, India is a country on the cutting edge that has maintained a strong connection to its rich history. In a salute to India&#8217;s rich spiritual heritage, visitors are greeted by a 30-foot tall statue of Ganesha above the Geary Street entrance. A 75-foot curtain of lights serves as the backdrop to the beloved figure and puts on an impressive five-minute light show of color and blooms.<\/p>\n<p>Click <a HREF=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/vijayd50\/\">here<\/a> to see photos of Lord Ganesha sitting above the Geary Street entrance in addition to other photos of the Hindu artworks inside Macys.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>www.federated-fds.com SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, April 12, 2007: (HPI note: the following is from Macy&#8217;s &#8220;press kit&#8221; at URL above, which,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12198\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}