LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Arkansas secretary of state’s office has denied a request from the Universal Society of Hinduism to place a privately funded Hindu statue on Capitol grounds.

The Hindu society and a slew of other organizations have floated the possibility of putting their own monuments on the Capitol grounds since the Arkansas General Assembly passed a law this year to erect a Ten Commandments statue. The Hindu society released a statement Friday saying it was considering sending its request to Gov. Asa Hutchinson, who signed the Ten Commandments statue law in April.

The society’s president, Rajan Zed, said on Friday that the group had asked in an Aug. 6 letter to place a statue of the Hindu Lord Hanuman, known for his strength and correct grammar, on the Capitol grounds. The statue would have been privately designed, built and funded.

“If permitted, we planned to make it big and weatherproof,” Mr. Zed wrote in a statement. “Besides honoring the Arkansas Hindus, this statue would raise awareness of Arkansans about Hinduism, oldest and third-largest religion of the world with about one billion adherents and a rich philosophical thought.”