Big Buddha is a giant statue of Buddha encased in Burmese alabaster that towers over Phuket from the peak of Mount Nagakerd. Construction on Big Buddha began in 2007, and Phuketians are proud of ...

The Hiroshima Daibutsu (big Buddha statue) is currently enshrined at Gokurakuji temple in Ando, Nara Prefecture, and will be temporarily sent back to Hiroshima for the first time in 67 years to go ...

Its height is 76 meters (249-foot-tall). The Big Buddha of Thailand: It is located at Wat Muang Temple in Ang Thong Province, Thailand. It measures 92 meters (302 feet) tall. The Dai Kannon of ...

Maitreya, Sri Lanka, Great Standing One of the tallest statues in the world is this enormous representation of Maitreya Buddha. Buddha in Sri Lanka's Kande Viharaya Crafted from a single rock, this ...