Giant Buddha statues

Connected Sites: 14

Definition
WHS that hold unusual large Buddha Statues (over 10 meters in height or width).

Map

Connected Sites

  • Mogao Caves
    Inscribed: 1987
    4.08
    59
    5
    Cave 96 contains the Northern Giant Buddha 35.6m high
    See enweb.dha.ac.cn
  • Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple
    Inscribed: 1991
    3.36
    168
    7
    Reclining Buddha, a 14-meter statue of the Buddha, hewn out of the rock. (wiki)
  • Polonnaruva
    Polonnaruva
    Sri Lanka
    Inscribed: 1982
    3.39
    152
    6
    Gal Vihara, with a Reclining Buddha which is 46 feet (14-meters) in length
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Ayutthaya
    Ayutthaya
    Thailand
    Inscribed: 1991
    3.60
    290
    15
    Mongkol Bophit Buddha at 12.45 Meters high excluding pedestra
    See www.aseanworldheritage.com
  • Yungang Grottoes
    Inscribed: 2001
    3.93
    96
    3
    One of 16.8 meters and one 13.5 meters in height
  • Silk Roads: Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor
    Silk Roads: Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor
    China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
    Inscribed: 2014
    3.02
    196
    9
    Bingling Temple - the giant Maitreya Buddha that stands more than 27 meters, or almost 100 feet, tall (wiki)
  • Mount Wutai
    Inscribed: 2009
    3.56
    45
    4
    Mount Wutai's Jinge Temple has 17.7 metre high statue of Bodhisattva Guanyin
  • Mount Emei, including Leshan Giant Buddha
    Inscribed: 1996
    3.66
    98
    6
    Leshan's Dafo: At 71 metres (233 feet) tall, the statue depicts a seated Maitreya Buddha with his hands resting on his knees (wiki)
  • Mountain Resort, Chengde
    Inscribed: 1994
    3.54
    62
    4
    The Puning Temple houses the world's tallest wooden sculpture of the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (22.28-meter-high and 110-ton) (wiki)
  • Longmen Grottoes
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.88
    100
    7
    The highly impressive image of Vairocana Buddha is sculpted on the back wall of the Fengxian. The image is 17.14m high and has 2m long ears (wiki)
  • Dazu Rock Carvings
    Inscribed: 1999
    3.72
    55
    10
    Baoding giant Reclining Buddha which is 31m long and 5m high.
  • Ancient Nara
    Inscribed: 1998
    4.00
    291
    14
    Todai-ji Daibutsu, Height: 14.98 m, "the world's largest bronze statue of the Buddha Vairocana"
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Sukhothai
    Sukhothai
    Thailand
    Inscribed: 1991
    3.66
    153
    9
    Phra Achana Sitting Buddha at Wat Si Chum is 15 metre tall and Phra Attharot Standing Buddha at Wat Mahathat is 12 metre tall
    See www.thaiwaysmagazine.com
  • Bamiyan Valley
    Bamiyan Valley
    Afghanistan
    Inscribed: 2003
    3.85
    13
    2
    The two most prominent statues were the giant standing Buddhas Vairocana and Sakyamuni, identified by the different mudras performed, measuring 55 and 37 metres (wiki)