More than 45 million people have voted in an internet campaign to choose the seven "new" wonders of the world out of 21 shortlisted historical buildings or monuments. The contest was set up by a Swiss explorer and filmmaker, Bernard Weber, following the destruction of Afghanistan's giant Buddha statues at Bamyan by the Taliban in 2001, to raise global awareness about the world's shared cultural heritage.In the most recent count published the top 10 were the Acropolis in Greece, the ancient Mayan city of Chichen Itza in Mexico, the Coliseum in Rome, the Eiffel tower in Paris, the Great Wall of China, the Incan ruins of Machu Picchu, Petra in Jordan, the statues on Easter Island
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The organisers say they are trying to get ordinary people to follow the spirit behind the ancient seven wonders selected by intellectuals in the Mediterranean and Middle East around 200 BC. Only one of them, the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, still survives.
TajMahal which is representing india is at 14 th position with only 0.7% of total votes, by this statics we can assume that if indian people will not vote for tajmahal it seems that india will going to loose its position.
As an indian its a matter of shame for us that tajmahal will going to loose becoz we had not voted for tajmahal its a matter of destiny of tajmahal . People can send many sms , many calls were made many vote online many comments for Prince, mtv roadies, Big brother, Bigboss, saregamapa, crickect contest but they don't have time for vote for tajmahal, many of the people yet knows about the voting.
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To vote for the Taj Mahal by SMSsend TAJ to 4567
The organisers say they are trying to get ordinary people to follow the spirit behind the ancient seven wonders selected by intellectuals in the Mediterranean and Middle East around 200 BC. Only one of them, the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, still survives.
"This is something that is supposed to create global memory, really for the first time: Seven symbols of global unity, seven symbols of shared global heritage," New7Wonders spokeswoman Tia Viering said today.
"If you appreciate someone else's culture it's a lot harder to go to war with them," she said.