Buddhist temple in Tulsa offers monumental plans

 
BY KEVIN CANFIELD - Tulsa World
Published: March 9, 2009

The church steeples that rise into the sky throughout Tulsa could soon have company.

Plans are under way to erect a 49-foot-tall granite statue of the Buddhist goddess Quan Am on the grounds of the Tam-Bao Buddhist Temple, 16933 E 21 St. It would stand on an 8-foot foundation.

The only thing standing in the way is the Board of Adjustment’s approval of the temple’s application to amend its previously ...


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