Sounds cool. I am a Hindu and I don't think it is offensive in any way. If anything, it is "supposed" to be good for the project to adopt Ganesha as logo. :)
Personally, I would like a funky version of Ganesha as opposed to the traditional one. Say, http://www.punemobile.com/wallpapers/d/136-4/Sketch+Of+Ganesh On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 8:53 AM, Leonidas Fegaras <[email protected]>wrote: > I was thinking about a logo to use for MRQL. > One idea is to use a sketch of the Hindu elephant god Ganesha, combined > with the Apache feather. > That way, we will have an elephant that does miracles (MRQL). > Wikipedia says that "Ganesha is widely revered as the Remover of Obstacles > and more generally as Lord of Beginnings and Lord of Obstacles, patron of > arts and sciences, and the deva of intellect and wisdom". > If you google images "ganesha sketch", you will see many sketches that we > can use, although some have a copyright. > Anyone familiar with the Hindu religion? Do you think it may be offensive > or sacrilegious? Is there any graphic designer in Apache who can do this > for free? How did they do the logo for Hama? > Leonidas > >
