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1. EMBIND_171116_19.JPG: Dewi Saraswati "May you fully remove my inertia and ignorance and bless me with the light of knowledge" (Saraswati Mantra) Dewi Saraswati, or Goddess Saraswati, is known as the Goddess of Knowledge in Hinduism, which is one among many religions followed and practiced in Indonesia. She is pictured as a beautiful woman, which represents the beauty of knowledge. She is depicted with four hands, standing on a lotus and white goose as her vehicle, all of which are symbols representing different meanings. One hand holds an ‘aksamala' (prayer beads), symbolizing the never ending process of learning. Two hands play a 'vina' (a string instrument) symbolizing arts and culture. Another hand holds a 'lontar' (or manuscript) symbolizing the source of knowledge. Lotus symbolizes holiness and purity of knowledge; and the white goose symbolizes wisdom that knowledge hopes to bring. In this monument, the three children in front of Goddess Saraswati represent young students who search for knowledge and wisdom as they grow and apply their knowledge for the goodness of all mankind.
2. EMBIND_171116_48.JPG: Historic Site, Washington, DC Indonesian Embassy/Walsh-McLean Mansion 2020 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Tycoon/philanthropist Thomas Francis Walsh built this 60-room, neo-Baroque mansion in 1903. An Irish immigrant who as a young man had struck it rich mining gold in Colorado, Walsh (1850-1910) brought his wife, Carrie Bell Walsh, and children to Washington in 1897 as the U.S. capital grew in influence. He hired New York architect Henry Andersen to design a suitably impressive place to entertain Washington's elite during the winter social season. Daughter Evalyn (1886-1947) married Edward Beale McLean -- heir to the Washington Post fortune -- and famously owned the Hope Diamond. The Republic of Indonesia purchased the building in 1951 for its Embassy. It has exercised superb stewardship of it since. Listed in the DC Inventory of Historic Sites, 1964, and the National Register of Historic Places, 1973
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Wikipedia Description: Embassy of Indonesia, Washington, D.C.
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The Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Washington, D.C. (Indonesian: Kedutaan Besar Republik Indonesia di Washington, D.C.) is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of Indonesia to the United States. It is located at 2020 Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the Embassy Row neighborhood. Indonesia has five consulate generals in Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco, and an honorary consulate in Honolulu. There is also a permanent mission to the United Nations in New York.

The Ambassador is Mahendra Siregar.

Building

The building is also known as the Walsh-McLean House and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is a contributing property to the Massachusetts Avenue Historic District, as well as the Dupont Circle Historic District.

The 50-room mansion, designed by architect Henry Andersen, was built from 1901 to 1903 by Irish-born Thomas F. Walsh for his daughter Evalyn. It cost $853,000 to construct (about $20 million in 2008). Evalyn eventually married Edward McLean, whose family owned the Washington Post. Edward negotiated to buy his wife the Hope Diamond, in a dressing room of the house. She was the last private owner of the famous jewel.

In 1936, the mansion was used by the U.S. Suburban Resettlement Administration, and in 1937 by the U.S. Rural Electrification Commission. From 1941 to 1951 the American Red Cross manufactured surgical dressings, and held classes for nurse's aides in the building.

On December 19, 1951, Ali Sastroamidjojo purchased the building for $335,000, for Indonesia.

In September 2014, the Indonesian government inaugurated a 16-foot tall statue of Dewi Saraswati, a goddess of knowledge and wisdom, representative of the island of Bali. This statue is one of a few that graces Embassy Row, the others being a statue of Winston Churchill at the British Embassy, as well as a statue of M ...More...
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