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The Great
Buddha statue
(Daibutsu)
is
one
of
the
popular
stops
on
the Buddhist pilgrimage
and
tourist
routes
in Bodh
Gaya, Bihar (India).
The
statue
is
18.5 m
(61 ft)
high
representing
the
Buddha
seated
in
a meditation pose,
or dhyana mudra,
on
a
lotus
in
the
open
air.
The
total
height
of
the
construction
is
80 ft
(24 m)
of
which
the
Buddha
makes
up
64 ft
(20 m),
the
lotus
on
which
the
Buddha
sits
5 ft
(1.5 m)
and
the
lower
pedestal
10 ft
(3.0 m).
The
construction's
width
is
nearly
60 ft
(18 m)
at
its
maximum.
The
statue
was
designed
by V.
Ganapati
Sthapati and
took
seven
years
to
complete
using
the
labor
of
12,000 stonemasons.
It
is
constructed
from
a
combination
of
sandstone
and
red
granite
blocks. A
hollow
spiral
staircase
inside
the
statue
leads
from
the
ground
up
to
the
chest.
Shelves
on
the
interior
walls
display
16,300
small
bronze
images
of
the
Buddha.The
Great
Buddha
statue
is
located
in
a
garden
at
the
end
of
Temple
Street
and
is
surrounded
by
smaller
sculptures
of
Buddha's ten
principal
disciples,
five
on
each
side. The
Great
Buddha
was
possibly
the
largest
Buddha
statue
in
India
at
the
time
and
was
consecrated
on
18
November
1989
by
the 14th
Dalai
Lama.The
foundation
stone
for
the
statue
was
laid
in
1982.
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