Ashiesh Shah’s pillar sculptures echo not just temple architecture, but India’s vast craft traditions and his own modern ideas ...

There were dancing poles, spas and statues of naked women. The old bar was there, with poker machines and a pool table. There didn’t seem to be much evidence of drug and alcohol treatment.

2 Kings chapter 18, verse 4 says that King Hezekiah "removed the high places, smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles," Veronica observed. (Israel: New Discovery Confirms King ...