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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.
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 .
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 ...
Positioned on Broadway, in Manhattan, New York City, is the Charging Bull Statue, also called the Bull of Wall Street. The 7,100-pound bronze sculpture is 11 feet high and 16 feet long.
World's tallest statue: 2018: Statue of Belief: Lord Shiva: Nathdwara, Rajasthan: Rajasthan: 112.4 369: World's tallest sitting statue: 2022: Statue of Equality: Ramanuja: Hyderabad, Telangana: Telangana: 65.8 216 India's second tallest sitting statue [1] 2022 Statue of Social Justice: B. R. Ambedkar: Vijaywada: Andhra Pradesh: 62.78 206.0 ...
At 54 m wide, the Angel of the North has the largest single dimension. The Statue of Liberty is the tallest at 46 m, atop a 47 m pedestal. The Enchanted Highway is a collection of the world's largest scrap metal sculptures. Vulcan statue, (17m) in Birmingham, Alabama, US, is the largest cast iron statue.
It is recognized by the Guinness World Records as the "Largest Bust Sculpture” in the world. [1] [2] Designed by Sadhguru, the founder and head of the Isha Foundation, the statue weighs around 500 tonnes (490 long tons; 550 short tons). [3] Adiyogi refers to Shiva as the first yogi. [4]
The life-size statue depicts Gandhi, known as Mahatma, meaning holy one or sage, holding a walking stick, wearing glasses, sandals, a loincloth and shawl. It weighs 5 tons, including its base.