Vishal Gupta 4 Report post Posted December 7, 2004 Guys! There's is a poll being conducted to decide the new 7 wonders. 17 million people have voted and the TAJ is at no. 7 Go to: http://www.new7wonders.com/ and vote for the Taj. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deepu 0 Report post Posted December 8, 2004 There is one more nominee from India Meenakshi Temple, Madurai Vote for that also Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AmanJ 1 Report post Posted December 8, 2004 1. Wall of China, China: 11.28 % 2. Potala Palace, Lhasa, Tibet: 8.73 % 3. Colosseum, Rome, Italy: 7.17 % 4. Pyramids of Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico: 6.49 % 5. Statues of Easter Island, Chile: 6.18 % 6. Taj Mahal, India: 6.16 % 7. Tower of Pisa, Italy: 6.13 % 8. Eiffel Tower, Paris, France: 5.18 % 9. Machu Picchu, Peru: 3.98 % 10. Red Square and the Kremlin, Moscow, Russia: 3.49 % 11. City of Sanaa, Yemen: 3.40 % 12. Versailles, France: 3.08 % 13. Alhambra, Granada, Spain: 2.90 % 14. Angkor Wat, Cambodia: 2.88 % 15. Statue of Liberty, New York City, USA: 2.83 % 16. Church Familia Sagrada, Barcelona, Spain: 2.70 % 17. Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey: 2.56 % 18. Opera House, Sydney, Australia: 2.56 % 19. Petra, Jordan: 2.55 % 20. Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, USA: 2.03 % 21. Timbuktu, Mali: 1.95 % 22. Imperial Palace, Kyoto, Japan: 1.62 % 23. Empire State Building, New York City, USA: 1.60 % 24. Cathedral of Aachen, Germany: 1.37 % 25. Doges Palace, Venice, Italy: 1.17 % 26. Acropolis, Athens, Greece: 0.00 % 27. Meenakshi Temple, Madurai, India: 0.00 % 28. Kallimarmaron Panathinaiko Stadium, Athens, Greece: 0.00 % 29. Tower of London, United Kingdom: 0.00 % 30. The Sistine Chapel, Rome, Italy: 0.00 % 31. The Forbidden City, Bejing, China: 0.00 % 32. The Big Hole, Kimberley, South Africa: 0.00 % 33. Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: 0.00 % 34. New Parliament Building, Berlin, Germany: 0.00 % 35. Mont Saint Michel, France: 0.00 % 36. Mnt Sugar Loaf, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 0.00 % 37. Aquaduct, Aix-en-Provence, France: 0.00 % 38. Abu Simbel, Aswan, Egypt: 0.00 % its better to vote for Taj, than the Meenakshi Temple, Madurai coz taj is on 7th rank where is the temple is on 27th rank so by voting for taj we can still make it win coz it would be difficult to bring up Meenakshi Temple, Madurai from 27th rank to the top 7 ranks, so guys PLEASE VOTE. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vishal Gupta 4 Report post Posted December 8, 2004 Very True, AmanJ! And i think Taj is more popular than Meenakshi Temple? So guys! pls vote for IT! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ganesh 0 Report post Posted December 9, 2004 this is a technique to raise sms funds to 8888. hmmmm. why cant we vote without spending a pie i hate such marketing gimmicks that these companies use such as this which uses patriotism to generate money Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arun 795 Report post Posted December 9, 2004 Thats because they want to eliminate multiple/fraud votes to an extent. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ganesh 0 Report post Posted December 9, 2004 well , normally multiple thingy is avoided using email id. so it does not hold validity to speak that to resist multiple votes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
linuxguy 0 Report post Posted December 11, 2004 forget it guys vote! Vote for taj and sent out mass smses to everyone to vote for Taj Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arun 795 Report post Posted January 8, 2006 An update... yes, Taj Mahal is in the final 21 ! New 7 Wonders of the World campaign announces the 21 finalist candidates Zürich/Switzerland, 1 January 2006 With an official announcement, the Chairman of a panel of leading architectural experts has today revealed the 21 world's landmark sites which will take part in the final stage of the race to become one of the New 7 Wonders of the World. The 21 finalists were selected by the New7Wonders Panel of Experts from a longlist of hundreds of nominations proposed by over 19 million votes worldwide. In alphabetical order, the official finalist candidates for the New 7 Wonders of the World are: 01 Acropolis, Athens, Greece 02 Alhambra, Granada, Spain 03 Angkor, Cambodia 04 Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico 05 Christ Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 06 Colosseum, Rome, Italy 07 Easter Island Statues, Chile 08 Eiffel Tower, Paris, France 09 Great Wall, China 10 Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey 11 Kyomizu Temple, Kyoto, Japan 12 Kremlin/St.Basil, Moscow, Russia 13 Machu Picchu, Peru 14 Neuschwanstein Castle, Füssen, Germany 15 Petra, Jordan 16 Pyramids of Giza, Egypt 17 Statue of Liberty, New York, USA 18 Stonehenge, Amesbury, United Kingdom 19 Sydney Opera House, Australia 20 Taj Mahal, Agra, India 21 Timbuktu, Mali These 21 finalist candidate sites go forward for a final year of public voting via the internet and via the New7Wonders telephone Global Voting Platform, and will feature in live events and an international television series produced by the world's n.1 television company Endemol. On 1 January 2007, the Official Declaration of the New 7 Wonders of the World will take place during a live globally televised event. The New 7 Wonders of the World campaign was launched in 2000, and is already the world's first and largest global voting campaign. Please visit www.new7wonders.com for more information. . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
