Big, Bigger, Biggest - The Tallest Statue

Today we will see something that is tall, and thus it fits into our 'Big' category. Today we will see facts on the Tallest Existing Statue. This credit goes to the Spring Temple Buddha. The Criteria to be remembered is that the statue must be still standing and it should include only the height of the Statue itself, ignoring the additional height of the pedestal on which it stands.

The Spring Temple Buddha (photograph on the right) currently holds the world record as the Tallest Existing Statue in the world. Located in Lushan, Henan in the People's Republic of China, this statue is 128m (420 ft.) high, surpassing the previously held record of 116m held by the Laykyun Setkar in Myanmar. The Spring Temple Buddha depicts the Vairocana Buddha. It was completed in 2002 and stands on a 25m high pedestal, thus taking the total monumental height to 153m. The height of the statue includes a 20m Lotus Throne. It is planned that the hill on which the statue stands will be shaped in to 2 further pedestals, taking the total monumental height to 208m.