Archive for the ‘Temples of Asia’

  • Five Tallest Buddha Statues In The World
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    Five Tallest Buddha Statues In The World
    Spring Temple Buddha It is the tallest statue in the world and is located in the Zhaocun township of Lushan County, Henan, China. The statue depicts Vairocana Buddha and is 128 meters high with a weight of over 1000 tonnes. It is made out of bronze and gets its name from the nearby Tianrui hot springs. Laykyun Setkyar It is the second tallest statue in the world and is situated in Khatakan Taung village in Monywa, Sagaing Division, Myanmar. Monywa lies in the heart of the Chindwin Valley and 136 km northwest of Mandalay. The height of the statue is 116 meters. The construction of the giant statue started in 1996 and the completion ceremony took place in 21st February, 2008. Ushiku Daibutsu It is the third tallest statue in the world and is located in Ushiku, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. Ushiku Daibutsu is also called Ushiku  [...]
    Posted at May 29th, 2009 at 03:05 am
  • Giant Buddha of Leshan
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    Giant Buddha of Leshan
    The Giant Buddha of Leshan which is locally called Dafo is the tallest stone carved statue of Lord Buddha in the world. The statue is carved out of a cliff and faces Mount Emei (Four Sacred Buddhist Mountains of China) with the river flowing below the feed of Lord Buddha. The site lies at the confluence of the Minjiang, Dadu and Qingyi rivers in the Sichuan province of China.  Giant Buddha of Leshan is 233 feet in height and 28 feet in width making it the biggest colossus in the world. The statue was carved in the reign of the Tang Dynasty. The construction started in 713 AD due to the effort of a Chinese Buddhist monk Hai Tong. He believed that the river gods could be pleased by building a statue of Lord Buddha on the cliff. The monk begged for 20 years to collect money for the construction of the giant statue. When the local administration  [...]
    Posted at May 29th, 2009 at 02:05 am
  • Gomateshwara Statue in Sravanabelagola
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    Gomateshwara Statue in Sravanabelagola
    Gomateshwara is the tallest monolithic statue in the world and is dedicated to Lord Bahubali. It is located in Shravanabelagola at a distance of 158 kilometers from Bangalore, India. The statue depicts Lord Gomateshwara a Jain saint and is carved out of a single block of granite stone. The statue has a height of 17 meters and majestically stands on top of a hill. The statue was build during the reign of the King Rajamalla of the Ganga Dynasty by there Commander Chamundaraya in 10th Century AD. Shravanabelagola is an important centre for pilgrimage and religion for centuries. One gets the most majestic view of the statue during the festival of Mahamastakabhishekam which is held once in 12 years. , During the festival the statue of Lord Gomateswara is bathed in milk, curds, ghee(clarified butter), saffron and gold coins. The statue  [...]
    Posted at May 28th, 2009 at 03:05 pm
  • Borobudur: Pyramid Of The Cosmic Buddha
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    Borobudur: Pyramid Of The Cosmic Buddha
    The grandeur of Borobudur is something immense, sphinx-like, incomprehensible and yet so fascinating. It overpowers with a sense of our own incapacity to give a description. Its enigmas are too many and too great for us to solve, and yet it exercises such a powerful charm, lays such a hold on the mind that we are irresistibly compelled to use all our powers to discover something of its mysterious being- Nicolaus J. Krom. Located in the heart of the Island of Java in Southeast Asia, is the man made pyramid mountain of Borobudur. Comparable in size to the Egyptian pyramid at Saqqara, this mysterious structure contains more than 1.6 million stone blocks and measures more than 400 feet along either axis. Borobudur was built on a bedrock hill, 265 meters above sea level and 15 meters above the floor of the dried-out Paleo Lake. It was  [...]
    Posted at May 27th, 2009 at 07:05 pm
  • Angkor Wat …The Largest Religious Monument In The World
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    Angkor Wat …The Largest Religious Monument In The World
    Angkor Wat is part of the two great religious cities in Southeast Asia, one at Bagan in Burma and the other at Angkor in Cambodia. The temples of Angkor were built between 802 and 1220 AD by the Khmer Kings. Suryavarman II the Khmer King has been the key behind the constructions on the temples. In it peak time Angkor Kings ruled over a vast territory extending from Vietnam to China to the Bay of Bengal. The Temple structure at Angkor consists of more than 100 stone temples were part of a large metropolis where the other buildings like castles, residential and commercial area was constructed of wood which could not stand the test of time. The temple site is dedicated to Lord Vishnu and is a symbolic representation of Hindu cosmology. The main temple symbolizes Mt. Meru and its five inter-nested rectangular walls and moats represent  [...]
    Posted at May 20th, 2009 at 05:05 am
  • Temples in Bagan
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    Temples in Bagan
    Bagan is located in the Mandalay Division of Burma on the eastern banks of the Ayeyarady River. The region was under the rule of the Pagan Kingdom and the Kings constructed over 13,000 temples, pagodas and other religious monuments. After almost seven centuries only 2,200 temples have survived the floods, earthquakes and treasure hunters. Some of the key temples in Bagan are: Ananda Temple The temple was constructed in 1091 AD by King Kyanzittha and is modeled after the Nandamula cave. The temple construction has influences of Indian architectural styles and is 51 meters in height. The temple has four standing statues of Lord Buddha which have been covered in gold leaf. Gawdawpalin Temple The temple was constructed in the 12th century by King Narapatisithu and is the second highest temple in Bagan with a height of 60  [...]
    Posted at May 19th, 2009 at 05:05 pm
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