Maravijaya Buddha Statue

  • Season: #SeeSharjah 2024
  • Category: Cultural Heritage
  • Description: Māravijaya Buddha is a 81 feet marble statue of the Buddha in Dekkhinathiri Township, Naypyidaw, the national capital of Myanmar. The image, which features the bhumiphassa mudra, is the world's largest marble Buddha statue. The statue itself weighs 5,292 tons, built using marble quarried from Sagyin, near Mandalay.
  • Location: Naypyitaw Myanmar
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