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A reclining Buddha is an image that represents Buddha lying down and is a major iconographic theme in Buddhist art. It represents the historical Buddha during his last illness, about to enter the parinirvana . [ 1 ]
The Dafo Temple or Great Buddha Temple (Chinese: 大佛寺; pinyin: Dàfó Sì) is a Buddhist temple in Zhangye, Gansu, China, notable for its gigantic reclining Buddha statue made around 1100 during the Western Xia period, which is thirty-five metres long. After a restoration project in 2005–06, the Temple now attracts thousands of visitors.
The temple features one of the world's longest reclining Buddha statues as well as several coloured statues of Yakshas and other mythical creatures. [3] Measuring from 32 m (105 ft) [4] to 33 m (108 ft) [8] from end to end, the statue also serves as a columbarium, [3] in which the urns of the cremated are housed.
The reclining Buddha statue, known as either Nehanzo or Shaka Nehan ("Nirvana") [8] is 41 metres (135 ft) long, 11 metres (36 ft) high, and weighs nearly 300 tons. [9] The statue depicts Buddha at the moment of death, or entrance into nirvana. [7] The interior holds ashes of Buddha and two Buddhist adherents, Ānanda and Maudgalyayana.
The pedestal is 13.5 m (44 ft) high. It is the second-tallest Buddha statue in the world after the Spring Temple Buddha in China. Construction of the statue was finished in 2008. [2] [3] On Banda vah mountain in Bodhi Tahtaung monastery, a Sitting Buddha statue is also being built for completing the last desire of Sayadawgyi, U Nārada. [4]
The original Reclining Buddha image was 8 metres and was the principal Buddha image of Phra Pathommachedi. Another room inside vihara is kept smaller Reclining Buddha image built by Mongkut, but the room is closing from public. On the lower terrace in front of vihara has many sacred trees that related to the story of Buddha as well as two ...
However, the mountain is most famous as the site of the statue of the reclining Gautama Buddha, which at 49 meters in length is the largest reclining Buddha in Southeast Asia. The statue of the Buddha is an additional 300 steps from the top of the tram. From the top of the mountain, there are views of the dragon fruit farms and rice paddies below.
Chaukhtatgyi Buddha Temple (Burmese: ခြောက်ထပ်ကြီးဘုရားကြီး) is the most well-known Buddhist temple in Bahan Township, Yangon, Yangon Region, Myanmar. It houses one of the most revered reclining Buddha images in the country. [1] The Buddha image is 66 metres (217 ft) long, and one of the largest in ...