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The Buddha
Statue
of
Hyderabad is
a monolith located
in India.
It
is
the
world's
tallest
monolith
of Gautama
Buddha,
erected
on
Gibraltar
Rock
in
the
middle
of Hussain
Sagar.Hyderabad is
the
capital
of
the
state
of Telangana (separated
from
Andhra
Pradesh
on
2
June
2014).
Between
1983
and
1989, N.
T.
Rama
Rao served
as
the Chief
Minister
of
Andhra
Pradesh.
During
his
tenure,
he
spent
large
sums
to
erect
several
statues
of
people
from
the
region's
political
and
religious
history.
During
his
visit
to New
York,
he
saw
the Statue
of
Liberty and
was
inspired
by
the efforts
to
restore
it.
He
said
"I
wanted
something
like
that
great
place
to
visit...
That
would
have
been
my
contribution
to
society.Rama
Rao
chose
to
depict
Gautama
Buddha
because
"he
was
a
humanitarian
who
told
the
whole
truth
to
the
people.
It
is
our
pride."After
a
long
search,
he
found
a
solid
white
granite
rock
near
Raigiri, Bhongir
(Nalgonda
District)
on
a
mountainside
46 km
outside
Hyderabad.
In
October
1985
NTR
inaugurated
work
on
structure.
For
over
a
year,
hundreds
of
labourers
helped
the
temple
architect
and
builder S.M.Ganapathi
Sthapati create
the
statue.
After
five
years
and
the
expenditure
of US$3 million, the
statue
stood
at
58
feet
(18 m)
and
weighed
350 tons,
making
it
the
world's
tallest
monolithic
statue
of
the
Buddha.A
concrete
platform
measuring
15
feet
(4.6 m),
now
referred
to
as
the
"Rock
of
Gibraltar," was
constructed
in
the
middle
of Hussain
Sagar to
aid
in
erecting
the
statue.
The
roads
of
the
city
were
also
widened
for
this
purpose.This
statue
is
located
at Lumbini
Park in
the
Hussain
Sagar
Island
can
be
reached
by
boat
in
15
minutes.The
statue
is
near
to
Lakdi-Ka-Pul,
Khairatabad
and
Assembly Hyderabad
metro stations
Then government
of
Andhra
Pradesh led
by
N.
T.
Rama
Rao
was
ousted
in
1989.
By
the
next
year,
the
statue
was
ready
for
erection.
ABC
Limited,
a
local
company,
was
given
the
responsibility
of
transferring
the
statue
onto
the
concrete
platform.
Using
a
trailer
vehicle,
the
statue
was
brought
to
the
shore
of
Hussain
Sagar.
On
10
March
1990,
company
workers
shifted
the
statue
on
top
of
a
barge.
After
traveling
only
100
yards
(91 m),
the
statue
tipped
and
fell
into
the
lake.The
accident
killed
10
people.After
a
two-year
salvage
operation,
the
statue
was
pulled
out
of
the
lake.On
1
December
1992,
the
statue
was
installed
on
the
platform
successfully.
In
2006,
the Dalai
Lama consecrated
the
statue
after
performing
a
ritualThe Buddha
Statue
of
Hyderabad is
a monolith located
in India.
It
is
the
world's
tallest
monolith
of Gautama
Buddha,
erected
on
Gibraltar
Rock
in
the
middle
of Hussain
Sagar.Hyderabad is
the
capital
of
the
state
of Telangana (separated
from
Andhra
Pradesh
on
2
June
2014).
Between
1983
and
1989, N.
T.
Rama
Rao served
as
the Chief
Minister
of
Andhra
Pradesh.
During
his
tenure,
he
spent
large
sums
to
erect
several
statues
of
people
from
the
region's
political
and
religious
history.
During
his
visit
to New
York,
he
saw
the Statue
of
Liberty and
was
inspired
by
the efforts
to
restore
it.
He
said
"I
wanted
something
like
that
great
place
to
visit...
That
would
have
been
my
contribution
to
society.Rama
Rao
chose
to
depict
Gautama
Buddha
because
"he
was
a
humanitarian
who
told
the
whole
truth
to
the
people.
It
is
our
pride."After
a
long
search,
he
found
a
solid
white
granite
rock
near
Raigiri, Bhongir
(Nalgonda
District)
on
a
mountainside
46 km
outside
Hyderabad.
In
October
1985
NTR
inaugurated
work
on
structure.
For
over
a
year,
hundreds
of
labourers
helped
the
temple
architect
and
builder S.M.Ganapathi
Sthapati create
the
statue.
After
five
years
and
the
expenditure
of US$3 million,the
statue
stood
at
58
feet
(18 m)
and
weighed
350 tons,
making
it
the
world's
tallest
monolithic
statue
of
the
Buddha.A
concrete
platform
measuring
15
feet
(4.6 m),
now
referred
to
as
the
"Rock
of
Gibraltar,"was
constructed
in
the
middle
of Hussain
Sagar to
aid
in
erecting
the
statue.
The
roads
of
the
city
were
also
widened
for
this
purpose.This
statue
is
located
at Lumbini
Park in
the
Hussain
Sagar.
