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Where is the largest stone carved Buddha in the world?

Posted by James Shaheen on 03 Aug 2009 in

I'd never think to ask myself the question, but the Examiner's Stephanie Sherrill has the answer:

The world’s largest stone carved Buddha is located in Leshan, China. This Giant Buddha (also called Dafo) is a 233 feet (71 meters) tall statue of a sitting Maitreya Buddha. This UNESCO World Heritage Site was carved in AD 713 to calm the rivers that run along the feet of Buddha.

This Buddha sports "1021 twisted hair buns—each one the size of a table—23ft (7m) long ears and an 18ft (5.6m) nose."

And it costs only $10 to visit.

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Reply by Tricycle » More on the Biggest Buddha in the World on September 21, 2009, 3:27 am

[...] time ago I wrote about the Leshan Buddha, the “biggest Buddha in the world.” One reader tipped us off to a video, which gives a [...]

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Reply by James Shaheen on August 4, 2009, 10:22 pm

Wow! These are great! Thank you, I'll post them.

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Reply by Sharon Saw on August 4, 2009, 1:21 am

yeah.. there's a cool youtube video of HE Tsem Tulku Rinpoche at Leshan...there are 2 parts, here's part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7DczsOQdz4 and part 2 is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORb_T-aijP0

Take a look!! Amazing..