World's Top 5 Tallest Statues and All You Need to Know About Them

In this world, there are many statues build by us. All statues have each reason denoting something. Let us see the top 5 biggest statues in the world and do have a visit of all these statues which makes you more interesting!

Top five tallest statues:

1. Statue Of Unity:

                              

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• The statue of unity, a tribute to India Independence - era leader Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel is the Tallest Statue in the world.

• Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was our 'first deputy Prime minister and Home minister'.
• History called him "The Iron Man Of India" - 'The Great Unifier'.

• On 31st October 2013, Shri Narendra Modi led the foundation for this statue.

• The statue is about "182m (597 ft) tall" and it is located at the Narmada Valley at Gujarat in India.

2. The Spring Temple Buddha:


                                

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• The Spring Temple Buddha is the second largest statue in the world.

• This temple was built between 1997 - 2008 which stands at 128m (420 ft), this includes the 20m (66 ft) lotus throne.

• Also including the pedestal of 25m, the monument has a total height of 153m (502 ft).

• The Spring Temple Buddha statue is located in the Fodushan Scenic Area at Henan province in China.

• This statue was constructed in 2002 after the Buddhas of Bamyan in Afghanistan were destroyed using dynamite by the Taliban in 2001.
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3. Laykyun Sekkya:


                                 

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• The name of this standing Buddha is called Laykyun Sekkya.

• This is the third largest statue of Gautama Buddha and it is the second tallest Buddha monument.

• Laykyun Sekkya is 116m (381 ft) tall and is located at Khatakan Taung near Monywa in Myanmar. This is one of the major tourist places in Myanmar.

• The construction of this statue started in 1996 and got completed on 21 February 2008 which was built by "Bodhi Tahtaung Sayadaw".

• Reportedly the construction of this statue nearly took 12 years and was officially opened in 2008.

• Laykyun Sekkya is built in a hollow type in which we can climb by stairs inside the structure to see the panoramic view.

4. Ushiku Daibutsu:

                                 

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• Ushiku Daibutsu is located in Ushiku, Ibaraki prefecture in Japan.

• Ushiku Daibutsu statue is 120m tall and weighs about 4000 tons which were built by Otani Kosho.

• This statue was built to commemorate the area's connection to shiran - the founder of the Jodo Shinshu Buddhism.

• This statue is also known as Ushiku ARACADIA - (Amida's Radiance And Compassion Actually Developing and Illuminating Area)

• Ushiku Daibutsu holds the Guinness record for the largest bronze Buddha statue in the world.

5. Sendai Dai Kannon:

                                

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• Sendai Dai Kannon is the fifth tallest statue in the world.

• The Kannon is a Japanese name for Bodhisattva which means "Buddhist Goddess of mercy".

• This is the towering statue of the gem - Bearing Nyoirin Kannon in Sendai.

• Sendai Dai Kannon statue is 100m (340 ft) tall and the construction of this Statue got completed on September 1, 1991

• Sendai Dai Kannon is the tallest statue of Goddess in Japan.

• She is called the Goddess of Mercy as she holds the wishing gem in her right hand.

Conclusion:

These are the top five tallest statues in the world with some of the useful points. Hope you find this article interesting and useful!

Written By - Rincy Saj

Edited By - Daniel Deepak Charles