The northern province of Nam Dinh on August 31 inaugurated a bronze statue of Buddha Shakyamuni, the largest of its kind in South East Asia. Seven years after being recognized as a national record of ...

Head of the Management Board Huynh Van Duong said once completed, the addition of the Shakyamuni Buddha statue will turn the cultural park into one of the most unique Buddhist parks nationwide. The ...

Visitors walk along the feet of the world's largest reclining Buddha stone statue in Yiyang county of East China's Jiangxi province, March 28, 2015. [Photo/SIPA] A reclining Buddha, a frequent ...

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar Museum has lent a monumental Buddha statue to the Rietberg Museum in Zurich, Switzerland, for exhibition for three and a half months. The sculpture ‘Buddha Shakyamuni ...

Thang Phuc Pagoda owns the statue of Shakyamuni Buddha made with the largest monolithic driftwood in Vietnam, attracting a large number of visitors from all over the country. This statue is made from ...

The head statue of Buddha Shakyamuni, carved during Northern Qi Dynasty (550-577 AD), originally belonging to Youju Temple in Hebei province was stolen in 1996.

The statue depicts The Buddha in a sitting position known as a double or single lotus pose. Both hands are resting in his lap in the meditative position called the cosmic mudra.

The statue is 2.7 m high, weighing more than 4 tons, sitting on the throne of plaster, simulating the shape of the Shakyamuni Buddha. The statue has been taken around the world for the purpose of ...