At great heights
India is home to some of the tallest statues in the world. Our cities are dotted with statues of freedom fighters, national leaders, gods and goddesses belonging to various religious groups and so on. Many pilgrimage spots have ‘mammoth’ statues of religious deities. Did you know that India is also home to the world’s tallest statue?
Find out which are the tallest statues in the country with this activity.
Statue of Unity: The tallest statue in India and also in the world. It is a monument of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and was completed in 2018. It is located facing the Narmada dam in Gujarat. The statue took 56 months to complete.
Veera Abhaya Anjaneya Hanuman Swami: It is a Lord Hanuman statue, located in the Paritala town Near Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh. The Hanuman Swami statue is the world’s tallest Hanuman and it was installed in 2003.
Thiruvalluvar Statue: Located at a small island in the Kanyakumari, at the confluence of the Bay of Bengal, the Arabian Sea, and the Indian Ocean. The tall stone sculpture is of Tamil poet and philosopher Valluvar.
Tathagata Tsal: Buddha Park of Ravangla in South Sikkim is home to the tallest statue of Buddha in India and was constructed between 2006 and 2013.
Dhyana Buddha Statue: Located in Amaravathi, it is the second tallest statue of Buddha in India in sitting posture and is situated on the banks of Krishna river of Andhra Pradesh.
Padmasambhava Guru Rinpoche: The Padmasambhava was a sage guru of Buddhism also known as Guru Rinpoche in Northwest India. The statue of Padmasambhava is located on a mountain in the Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh above Rewalsar Lake.
Shiva of Murudeshwara: The statue is situated in Murudeshwara town of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka. It is the second tallest statue of Shiva in the world, the first is the Kailashnath Mahadev Statue in Nepal.
Adiyogi Shiva Statue: Located in Coimbatore, it is the largest bust sculpture in the world and also largest and tallest face in the world.