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| Statue of Shivaji || Shivaji || [[Mumbai]] || [[Maharashtra]] || {{convert|190|m|ft|disp=table|sortable=on}} || || |
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| [[Statue of Unity]] || [[ Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel]] || [[Sadhu Bet riverbed]] || [[Gujarat]] ||{{convert|180|m|ft|disp=table|sortable=on}}|| || |
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| Shree Adhbhutnath Mahadev || [[ Shiva]] || [[Delhi]] || [[Delhi]] || {{convert|61.26 |m|ft|disp=table|sortable=on}}|| || |
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| [[Maitreya Project]] || [[ Maitreya]] || [[ Bodh Gaya]] || [[Bihar]] ||{{convert|45|m|ft|disp=table|sortable=on}}|| <ref>[http://www.maitreyaproject.org/en/project/index.html Maitreya Project]</ref> || |
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| God [[Basaveshwara]] statue || [[ Basava]] || Bishma Lake, [[Gadag]] || [[Karnataka]] ||{{convert|33.8|m|ft|disp=table|sortable=on}}|| <ref>[http://www.hindu.com/2008/08/16/stories/2008081651150300.htm Karnataka News : Process on to identify land for Gadag airport: Sriramulu] ''The Hindu''</ref> || |
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| Statue of [[Sai Baba]] || [[Sai Baba]] || Repur, [[Kakinada]] || [[Andhra Pradesh]] || {{convert|30.5|m|ft|disp=table|sortable=on}} ||<ref name="test">[http://saisnaps.blogspot.com/2011/01/100ft-statue-of-sai-baba-at-shirdi-sai_05.html 100ft Statue of Sai Baba at Shirdi Sai Baba Mandiram, Repur, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh]</ref>|| |
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Revision as of 08:45, 12 October 2015
The following is a list of statues by height
Existing
Over 100 feet
Statue | Depicts | Locations | State | Height | Notes | Completed | Photo | |
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Veera Abhaya Anjaneya Hanuman Swami | Hanuman | Vijayawada | Andhra Pradesh | 41 | 135 | World's tallest Hanuman. India's tallest statue. | 2003 | |
Tathagata Tsal | Buddha | Ravangla | Sikkim | 39 | 128 | [1] | 2013 | |
Statue of Padmasambhava in Rewalsar | Guru Rinpoche | Rewalsar | Himachal Pradesh | 37.5 | 123 | 2012 | ||
Shiva of Murudeshwara | Shiva | Murudeshwara, district of Uttara Kannada | Karnataka | 37 | 121 | The second tallest statue of Lord Shiva in the world. The tallest statue of Shiva in India.[2] | 2006 | |
Lord Basava | Basava | Gadag | Karnataka | 35.35 | 116.0 | Tallest statue of lord Basava in the world | 2014 | |
Hanuman Murti in Shahjahanpur | Hanumat Dham | Shahjahanpur | Uttar Pradesh | 32 | 105 | Standing | 2013 | |
Hanuman Murti in Shimla | Hanuman | Shimla | Himachal Pradesh | 33 | 108 | Located at 8,500 feet (2,600 m) above sea level | 2010 | |
Mindroling Monastery Buddha statue | Gautama Buddha | Dehradun | Uttarakhand | 32.6 | 107 | |||
Diskit Monastery Buddha statue | Jampa Buddha | Diskit, Nubra Valley, Ladakh | Himachal Pradesh | 32 | 105 | 2010 | ||
Hanuman in Nandura | Hanuman | Maharashtra | 32 | 105 | ||||
Mangal Mahadev | Lord Shiva | Gangtan,Sampla Beri Road | Hariyana | 30.8 | 101 | Standing Statue | 2012 |
Below 100 feet
Statue | Depicts | Locations | State | Height | Notes | Completed | Photo | |
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Abbirajupalem Hanuman Statue | Hanuman | Doddipatla | Andhra Pradesh | 30 | 98 | Standing | 2013 | |
Thiruvalluvar Statue | Tiruvalluvar | Kanyakumari | Tamil Nadu | 29 | 95 | The entire 133 feet monument depicts the 3 sections of Thirukkural, namely, virtue (38 chapters), wealth (70 chapters) and love (25 chapters). | 2000 | |
Chinmaya Ganadhish | Ganesha | Kolhapur | Maharashtra state | 26 | 85 | Idol at Chinmaya Sandeepany Ashram | 2001 | |
Adinath, Bawangaja | Adinath | Barwani | Madhya Pradesh | 26 | 85 | This is one of the older tallest statues in India | ||
Shivagiri of Bijapur | Shiva | Karnataka | 26 | 85 | The fourth tallest statue of Shiva in the world. The third tallest statue of Shiva in India. | 2006 | ||
Hanuman of the Ram Tirath temple | Hanuman | Amritsar | Punjab | 24.5 | 80 | |||
Great Buddha Statue in Bodhgaya | Buddha | Bodhgaya | Bihar | 25 | 82 | 1989[3] | ||
Lord Shiva | Shiva Temple, Kachnar City | Jabalpur | Madhya Pradesh | 23.17 | 76.0 | The fifth tallest statue of Lord Shiva in the world. The fourth tallest statue of Shiva in India) | 2006 | |
Hanuman Vatika | Hanuman | Rourkela | Orissa | 23 | 75 | |||
Golden Buddha in the Likir Monastery | Maitreya Buddha | Ladakh | Jammu and Kashmir | 23 | 75 | There is a small museum which houses collections of thankas, old religious and domestic costumes | 1999 | |
Ganpati Dham Temple | Lord Ganesha | Bahadurgarh | Hariyana | 22.56 | 74.0 | Worlds talest Ganesha Statue | 2009 | |
Statue of Mahatma Gandhi | Mahatma Gandhi (Bapu) | Patna | Bihar | 22 | 72 | World's tallest Statue of Mahatma Gandhi. | 2013 | |
Hanuman in New Delhi | Hanuman | Jhandewalan, New Delhi | India | 20 | 66 | |||
Shiva at Bhanjanagar Reservoir | Shiva | Bhanjanagar | Odisha | 18.6 | 61 | The seventh tallest Statue of Lord Shiva in the world. (The sixth tallest Statue of Lord Shiva in India) | 2013 | |
Buddha Statue of Hyderabad | Gautama Buddha | Lake Hussain Sagar, Hyderabad | Telangana | 18 | 59 | World's tallest monolith of Gautama Buddha | 1992 | |
Gomateswara | Bahubali | Sravanabelagola | Karnataka | 18 | 59 | It's the tallest free–standing monolithic statue in the world.[5] | 983 | |
Hanuman | Hanuman | Puttaparthi | Andhra Pradesh | 18 | 59 | Found on top of the Vidya Giri Hill overlooking the Sri Sathya Sai International Hillview Stadium.[5] | 1985 | |
Hanuman Veera Hanuman | Anjaneya Swaami | Kondagattu, Karimnagar | Telangana | 17.06 | 56.0 | standing | 2004 | |
Shri Bhaktha Anjaneyar | Anjaneyar – Bhaktha Anjaneyar | Vedasandur, Dindigul Dist | Tamil Nadu | 15.544 | 51.00 | [6] | 2008 | |
Hanuman Statue | Hanuman | Bathinda | Punjab | 15.24 | 50.0 | |||
45ft Sri Abhaya Anjaneeya Swamy | Hanuman | Hanuman Junction | Andhra Pradesh | 14.5 | 48 | Tallest Hanuman in Hanuman Junction | 2015 | |
Mounagiri Hanuman | Abhaya Hastha Hanuman | Anantapur | andhrapradesh | 11 | 36 | It's the South India tallest monolithic statue located at Mounagiri Global Trust. | 2010 | |
Viswaroopa Bhakta Anjaneya | Viswaroopa Hanuman | Nanganallur, Chennai | Tamil Nadu | 9.8 | 32 | 1989 | ||
Kubereshwar Mahadev | ShivaStatue | baroda | Gujarat | 9.45 | 31.0 | Second Tall Statue In baroda, Gujrat | 2008 | |
Kubereshwar Mahadev | ShivaStatue | baroda | Gujarat | 9.45 | 31.0 | Second Tall Statue In baroda, Gujrat | 2008 | |
Neelkanth Varni (Swaminarayan as Teenage Yogi) | Neelkanth Varni | BAPS Swaminarayan Akshardham, New Delhi | Delhi | 8.23 | 27.0 | A beautiful 27 ft. high bronze murti (Statue) of Neelkanth Varni stands in a determined pose. | 2005 | |
Statue of Shirdi Sai in Nemli | Shirdi Sai | Nemli | Andhra Pradesh | 7 | 23 | [7] | 2011 | |
Statue of Dying Buddha | Buddha | Kushinagar | Uttar Pradesh | 6 | 20 | [8] | ||
Hanuman Statue | Hanuman | Biramitrapur, Sundergarh | Odisha | 6 | 20 | 2011 | ||
Lord Anjaneyar Statue, Namakkal | Hanuman | Namakkal | Tamil Nadu | 5.5 | 18 | More Than 1500 Years Old |
Under Construction/Planned
Statue | Depicts | Locations | State | Height | Notes | Photo | |
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Statue of Shivaji | Shivaji | Mumbai | Maharashtra | 190 | 620 | ||
Statue of Unity | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel | Sadhu Bet riverbed | Gujarat | 180 | 590 | ||
Shree Adhbhutnath Mahadev | Shiva | Delhi | Delhi | 61.26 | 201.0 | ||
Maitreya Project | Maitreya | Bodh Gaya | Bihar | 45 | 148 | [9] | |
God Basaveshwara statue | Basava | Bishma Lake, Gadag | Karnataka | 33.8 | 111 | [10] | |
Statue of Sai Baba | Sai Baba | Repur, Kakinada | Andhra Pradesh | 30.5 | 100 | [11] |
References
- ^ http://www.dalailama.com/news/post/920-consecration-of-the-tathagata-tsal-and-teaching-at-ravangla-sikkim
- ^ World's tallest Siva idol Template:Wayback
- ^ The Great Buddha Statue
- ^ http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/89281747.jpg
- ^ a b Kurt Titze; Klaus Bruhn (1998). Jainism: a pictorial guide to the religion of non-violence. Motilal Banarsidass Publ. ISBN 978-81-208-1534-6.
- ^ The temple is situated in ARR Engineering India Pvt Ltd campus. ARR is one of the group company of EICS Group of Companies.
- ^ NRI Built 23 ft Sai cooking statue in Andhra
- ^ 16 Days Foot Step Buddha Tours
- ^ Maitreya Project
- ^ Karnataka News : Process on to identify land for Gadag airport: Sriramulu The Hindu
- ^ 100ft Statue of Sai Baba at Shirdi Sai Baba Mandiram, Repur, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh