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This list of tallest statues includes completed statues that are at least 50 m (160 ft) tall. The height values in this list are measured to the highest part of the human (or animal) figure, but exclude the height of any pedestal (plinth), or other base platform as well as any mast, spire, or other structure that extends higher than the tallest figure in the monument.
To mark the unveiling of the statue, the song "Adiyogi – The Source of Yoga" was released by the Isha Foundation, sung by Kailash Kher, with lyrics by Prasoon Joshi. [ 9 ] Another 6.4-metre (21 ft) statue of Adiyogi was unveiled in Tennessee , US in 2015 by the Isha Foundation, as part of a 2,800 m 2 (30,000 sq ft) yoga studio.
It was the tallest statue in the world when it opened in 1989 at 88 metres (289 ft), holding the world record until 1991. [1] Planning of the statue began in 1975 and construction occurred through 1989. The statue depicts Guanyin (Avalokiteśvara) and is in the Kita no Miyako park on the island of Hokkaido. [2]
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This 71-meter (233-foot) statue, carved in the Lingyun Mountain, is the biggest and tallest stone Buddha statue in the world (only the modern Great Buddha of Thailand, made of concrete, is taller). Leshan Giant Buddha’s hair is composed of 1,021 spiraled curls embedded in his head that measures 14.7 meters (48 feet) in height and 10 meters ...
Ushiku Daibutsu (牛久大仏) is a statue located in Ushiku, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. Completed in 1993, it stands a total of 120 metres (390 ft) tall, including the 10 m (33 ft) base and 10 m lotus platform. It held the record for the tallest statue from 1993 to 2008 and As of 2023, it is the fifth-tallest statue in the world. [1]
Norway's Karsten Warholm, who had shaved eight one-hundreths of a second off the world record on July 1, and the United States' Rai Benjamin ran a race for the ages. Warholm shattered his previous ...
The Statue of Unity is the world's tallest statue, with a height of 182 metres (597 feet), [3] near Kevadia in the state of Gujarat, India. It depicts Indian politician and independence activist Sardar Patel (1875–1950), who was the first deputy prime minister and home minister of independent India and an adherent of Mahatma Gandhi .