After Statue of Unity, Gujarat’s Ahmedabad may get 80-feet Buddha statue

[manlion]

A non-profit Buddhist organisation has demanded land from the government for installing an 80-feet high statue of Lord Buddha in Gandhinagar district of Gujarat. The state already has Statue of Unity which is the tallest statue in the world.

After the 182-meter tall ‘Statue of Unity’ of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Gujarat may get a gigantic Buddha statue. Sanghakaya Foundation, a non-profit Buddhist organisation, said Thursday that it has demanded land from the government for installing an 80-feet high statue of Lord Buddha in Gandhinagar district.

It has roped in Ram Sutar, the sculptor behind the Statue of Unity, for the project, it said.

“We are expecting to get land soon,” president of the foundation Bhante Prashil Ratna told reporters here.

The Statue of Unity, inaugurated in Narmada district of the state on October 31, is the tallest statue in the world.

Bhante Prashil Ratna also said that the foundation is planning to set up a Buddhist University in Gujarat.

“Contrary to the belief that ancient Buddhist sites exist only in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and further to the north, Gujarat too has been blessed with such sites,” he said.

“Like Nalanda and Takshashila, records of Chinese traveller Xuanzang mention that there was a big Buddhist university called Vallabhi at Bhavnagar in Gujarat,” he said.

“As (ancient) Nalanda university has been revived, we wish to revive Vallabhi university here,” he said.

“The state government has given us land in Gandhinagar where we are planning to start a university on Buddhism,” he said.

The foundation also plans to build a grand monument at Dev Ni Mori, a Buddhist archaeological site in Sabarkantha district of north Gujarat, he said.

“During the excavation at Dev Ni Mori, two km from temple town of Shamlaji, they found ashes of Lord Buddha....

The government has sanctioned the land and a monument will be built at the cost of Rs 1,200 crore,” he said.

A Buddhist monastery was also found during excavation in Vadnagar, the hometown of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he said.

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[JohnWick]

It will motivates them to make toilets

 

[war&peace]

It will motivates them to make toilets

May be if their CM & PM climb on to the head of the statue in the morning, they can see thousands of gorillas taking up positions for the morning dump

 

[Buddhistforlife]

May be if their CM & PM climb on to the head of the statue in the morning, they can see thousands of gorillas taking up positions for the morning dump

Lord Buddha is referred to as the Light of Asia. His colossal statues can be found in many asian countries like China, Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia, Japan. Even the second tallest statue is the spring temple Buddha statue. So India as thr homeland of Lord Buddha should also have a colossal Buddha statue

 

[Laozi]

May be if their CM & PM climb on to the head of the statue in the morning, they can see thousands of gorillas taking up positions for the morning dump

Don't know whom to believe

 

[Flash_Ninja]

Don't know whom to believe

LOL these people are literally milking dumb gangus for views

Their fake accents and random head bobbles seem to confirm this, you people are so deluded that you will eat it up though

 

[Laozi]

LOL these people are literally milking dumb gangus for views

Their fake accents and random head bobbles seem to confirm this, you people are so deluded that you will eat it up though

So, are the Indian and faking to be Pakistanis and speaking in Pakistani accent?

Or are these guys Pakistanis and they are faking about liking Ahmedabad ?

Make up your mind

 

[Flash_Ninja]

So, are the Indian and faking to be Pakistanis and speaking in Pakistani accent?

Or are these guys Pakistanis and they are faking about liking Ahmedabad ?

Make up your mind

Their accents seem put-on and I saw a few head bobbles, probably to appeal to their horde of Gangese viewers who no doubt are in the comments screaming "v-vee arr all da same peeple!11!"

Its so obvious, their entire channel is literally based around the same content, but like I said such a large deluded group of people are not going to see otherwise

 

[Laozi]

Their accents seem put-on and I saw a few head bobbles, probably to appeal to their horde of Gangese viewers who no doubt are in the comments screaming "v-vee arr all da same peeple!11!"

Its so obvious, their entire channel is literally based around the same content, but like I said such a large deluded group of people are not going to see otherwise

If you can't decide about the nationality of the guys even after having all available online resources. Then one can only pity you, stay deluded

 

[Flash_Ninja]

If you can't decide about the nationality of the guys even after having all available online resources. Then one can only pity you, stay deluded

Are you having a stroke? what the hell are you talking about?

I made my point very clear, if they were Indian they would be about 5 shades darker and their accents and head bobbles wouldn't need to be acted

 

[Laozi]

Are you having a stroke? what the hell are you talking about?

I made my point very clear, if they were Indian they would be about 5 shades darker and their accents and head bobbles wouldn't need to be acted

They acted well.

I thought that they were genuinely surprised. Anyways they have a great future in lollywood

 

[Flash_Ninja]

They acted well.

I thought that they were genuinely surprised. Anyways they have a great future in lollywood

*photo of a small bridge*

woman: wah g *head bobbles*
man: wah amazing

Really bro? anyone that surprised at seeing a apartment block and a highway is clearly acting, you cant seriously think they are awestruck by a photo of a tree in a park; they are actors and have a sketch video on their channel so they arent exactly random people off the street.

 

[HalfMoon]

10 Famous and Tallest Statues of Lord Buddha in India
Buddhism as a religion originated in the eastern part of Indian Subcontinent, Gautama Buddha is the primary figure in Buddhism. In most Buddhist traditions, Siddhartha Gautama is regarded as the Supreme Buddha and worshiped in the form of statue, Here is the list of top 10 tallest statues of Lord Buddha in India, Few more are Prakriti Bhavan Buddha Statue in West Bengal,Lord Buddha statue in Agartala.

Tathagata Tsal – 39 m
Buddha Park of Ravangla in South Sikkim host the tallest status of Lord Buddha in India, constructed between 2006 and 2013 and Ravangla is part of the Himalayan Buddhist Circuit.

Dhyana Buddha Statue – 38.1
Dhyana Buddha statue in Amaravathi is the second tallest status of Buddha in India in sitting posture, situated on the banks of Krishna river of Andhra Pradesh.


Clement Town Buddha Statue – 31 m

A 103 feet (31 m) high statue of Buddha is dedicated to the Dalai Lama is situated in Clement Town Monestry, the highest Mindroling Monestry in the world. Also a large Tibetan settlement and the World’s Largest Stupa, of the re-established Mindroling Monastery from Tibet, is situated in Clement Town.

Great Buddha, Bodhgaya – 25 m

The Great Buddha Statue is one of the major Buddhist tourist attraction in Bodhgaya with 25 m (82 ft) high in meditation pose. Great Buddha is possibly the largest Buddha statue in meditation pose built in India with the mix of sandstone blocks and red granite.Image sourceollsofindia

Standing Buddha, Sarnath

One of the main attractions of Sarnath is the 80 ft high Standing statue of Lord Buddha, located on the premises of Thai Buddha Vihar in Sarnath. The standing statue of Sarnath is one of the country’s tallest standing statue of Lord Buddha.

Monolith Buddha Statue, Hyderabad

The Buddha Statue of Hyderabad stands in an island in the middle of the Hussain Sagar lake and is the world’s tallest monolith statue of Gautama Buddha. Hussain Sagar is an artificial lake and the statue of standing Buddha in abhya mudra is 58 feet (18 meters) tall.

Reclining Buddha, Kushinagar

Kushinagar is an important Buddhist pilgrimage site, where Buddhists believe Gautama Buddha attained Parinirvana after his death. The reclining Nirvana statue of the Buddha is inside the Parinirvana Stupa is 6.10 metres long and is made of monolith red sand stone.

Maitreya Buddha, Ladakh

Maitreya Buddha statue is 32 metre tall statue near Diskit Monastery in the Nubra Valley of Ladakh. Diskit Monastery also known as Deskit Gompa is the oldest and largest Buddhist monastery in Ladakh.

Belam Caves Buddha, Andhra Pradesh

A giant Buddha Statue near a hillock near the Belum Caves of Andhra Pradesh,the cave is the second largest cave in Indian subcontinent and known for its stalactite and stalagmite formations. The area of cave known as Meditation hall was used by Buddhist Monks

Lord Buddha Statue, Tawang
Huge and Magnificent statue of Lord Buddha with 26 feet high is situated inside the main Tawang Monastery, the largest monastery in India and second largest in the world. Tawang Monastery is one of the Mindblowing Buddhist Monasteries in India.

Ajanta Caves Buddha, Aurangabad
The Ajanta Caves are about 30 rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments include paintings and sculptures which are masterpieces of Buddhist religious art. A statue of a reclining Buddha carved on the wall of the ancient Buddhist rock temple in Ajanta Caves near Aurangabad.

Maitreya Buddha, Kushinagar
The Maitreya Project international organisation and the UP State Government have worked together to set up to construct a 152 metre (500 ft) statue of the Maitreya Buddha in Kushinagar of Uttar Pradesh and also the area surrounding the Project. Recenlty the project scope has changed to a smaller statue of the Maitreya Buddha in Kushinagar and a 45 metre (150 ft) statue of the Maitreya Buddha in Bodhgaya, Bihar.

http://www.walkthroughindia.com/walkthroughs/10-famous-and-tallest-statues-of-lord-buddha-in-india/