The Giant Buddha Statue Gaya, Bihar,India Royalty-Free Stock Photography

The Giant Buddha statue is one of the many stops in the Buddhist pilgrimage and tourist routes in Bodhgaya, Bihar India. The statue is 19.507 m 64.00 ft high in meditation pose or dhyana mudra seated on a lotus in open air.The total height of the architecture is 80 ft with statue of 64 ft, lotus on which statue sits is of 6ft and the lower pedestal is of 10ft. It took seven years to complete with the help of 12,000 masons. It is a mix of sandstone blocks and red granite.It is possibly the largest built in India and was consecrated on 18 November 1989 by the`s 14th Dalai Lama.The foundation stone for the statue was placed in 1982.