Q:  What do Bunker Hill, Gettysburg and Elvis Presley's Jungle Room all have in common? 

A:  They're all federally recognized historic sites!

Yep, that's right.  Yesterday Graceland, Elvis Presley's stately manor, officially became a National Historic Landmark.  Secretary of Interior Gale Norton and Presley's ex-wife Priscilla flew in to mark the occasion with an elaborate ceremony, which will no doubt help boost business at this flagging tourist trap public awareness of Graceland's importance to our nation's history.  

While this is indeed a moment that should lead all of us to reflect on how our lives "changed irreversibly because of Elvis" (quoth Norton), the event also reminds of the superficiality of honors accorded in the secular realm.  For a sign of real devotion, we need only look to the work of the man pictured above. 

As this story from The Hindu relates, Gajarajan is an Elvis fan in India who has made Presley an object of religious devotion.  He first garnered international attention in the mid-90s, when he placed a picture of Elvis next to other gods in a Hindu shrine.  Elvis, Gajarajan claims, was a reincarnation of the divine warrior Karna.  Now Gajarajan is working toward construction of an Elvis temple.

Mojo Nixon was right--Elvis truly is everywhere.