World's Most Unusual Buddha

Thailand’s city of Ayutthaya is the place of one of the world’s most unusual Buddhist statues. Along with the ruins of Wat Mahathat (The Temple of the Great Relic) is the remains of a stonework statue of the Buddha whose body has been vanished to the ages but whose head rests suitably in the climbing roots and vines of a Bodhi (Banyan) tree.

This piece of ancient historic is absolutely too precious to allow it just stay under a tree, hence there is a nominated security personnel sitting nearby to watch us though we were busy taking photos. Just about this famous figure are many other physique of the Ayutthaya period which have survived the destruction of time.

India's most famous Buddha

The Buddha statue positioned at the middle of an artificial lake in the city of Hyderabad is considered as one of India’s most famous Buddhist statues. This figure stands at a full of 17 meters (56 feet) in height and weighs about 320 tons over the lake from a top of the Rock of Gibraltar.

The single largest monolithic statue in all of India, the Hussain Sagar Buddha was shaped by a group of artisans from a single piece of stone. It was engraved by 200 sculptors for two years. Tragically, during the statue’s fixing in 1992 the figure tilted over and fell into the lake, causing the death of 8 workers. The governments recovered the statue and refurbished it to its full height and stature.

World's Popular Big Buddha

Tian Tan Buddha occasionally referred to as the Big Buddha, is located on the Lantau Island, in Hong Kong Formed of bronze and completed in 1993. The statue is considered as the main feature of the Po Lin Monastery, representing .concord between man, nature, people and religion. The statue is named as Tian Tan Buddha because its base is a imitation of Tian Tan, the Temple of Heaven in Beijing.

The statue sits on a lotus throne on the top of a three tiered altar. At 34 meters (110 feet) tall, the Tian Tan Buddha is presented in a position of peacefulness. His right hand is raised to remove problem. His left hand rests on his knee, representing happiness.

Monywa Buddha - World's largest Reclining Buddha

Monywa city is in central Myanmar located on the banks of the Chindwin River. In east of the city is the Po Khaung Taung, a range of hills wherever you can see the Monywa Buddha– the largest reclining Buddha statue in the world. This massive figure measures 90 meters (300 feet) in length. The head alone is 60 feet high.

The Monywa Buddha was built in the year 1991 and is empty space inside, allowing visitors to walk beside from the head to the feet. Inside the figure, there are 9,000 one-foot-high metal images of the Buddha and his followers, illustrating various representations of important events in the Buddha’s life.