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2. Buddhist Temple of Chicago - Wikipedia

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   The Buddhist Temple of Chicago (BTC) was founded in October 1944 by Gyomay Kubose, [1] [2] a minister of the Higashi Honganji branch of the Jōdo Shinshū ("True Pure Land School") sect, along with several laypeople who had been released from the Japanese American internment camps.

3. Wenshu Temple (Chengdu) - Wikipedia

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   The Mahavira Hall in it has single-eave gable and hip roof and is 10.56-metre (34.6 ft) high. A sitting statue of Sakyamuni is placed in the middle of the hall. Statues of Ananda and Kassapa Buddha stand on the left and right sides of Sakyamuni's statue.

4. Jigokudani Stone Buddhas - Wikipedia

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   The niche has an opening of 3.9 meters, a depth of 2.9 meters, and a height of 2.4 meter, and contains six Buddha statues carved into the back and both side walls. The back wall is 1.7 meters high, with a central frame of 1.7 by 1.12 meters, and a seated Shaka Nyōrai Buddha statue in a cross-legged position on a double lotus throne.

5. Puning Temple (Hebei) - Wikipedia

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   The front temple was constructed in the Chinese style, although the temple complex follows both Chinese and Tibetan architectural styles. The Puning Temple houses the world's tallest wooden sculpture of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara (22.28-meter-high and 110 ton), [2] [3] hence it is often nicknamed the "Big Buddha Temple". The complex ...

6. Category:Statues in Chicago - Wikipedia

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   Statue of Alexander von Humboldt (Chicago) Statue of Benito Juárez (Chicago) Statue of Benjamin Franklin (Chicago) Statue of Christopher Columbus (Chicago) Statue of Irv Kupcinet; Statue of Leif Erikson (Chicago) Statue of Michael Jordan; Statue of Richard J. Oglesby; Statue of Robert Cavelier de La Salle; Statue of The Republic

7. List of tallest statues - Wikipedia

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   Maitreya Buddha statue Maitreya Buddha: Nanchong: China 99 m (325 ft) Carving 2020 [needs update] [64] Emperor Yao Emperor Yao: Gaoyou: China 99 m (325 ft) Bronze statue [62] Statue of Buddha Buddha: Preah Monivong National Park, Kampot Province: Cambodia 81 m (266 ft) Stands on a 27 m (89 ft) pedestal. 108 m (354 ft) in total. 2026 [65] [66 ...