A 20-meter-tall reinforced concrete statue of Maitreya Buddha at Vinh Trang Pagoda (Tien Giang Province) was named among the world’s most impressive giant Buddha statues by the UK-based Wanderlust ...

The Buddha image is 6 meters tall, including a 4-meter-wide lotus seat, the body, and the head - all crafted from reinforced concrete. Embedded within the statue’s body are three sacred Buddha relics.

Furthermore, scans and analysis of a Buddha head originally found in 1927 and currently housed at the Angkor Conservation also proved to be from the same statue.

A 20-meter-tall Maitreya Buddha statue in the Mekong Delta has been recognized as one of the world's most impressive giant Buddha statues by British travel magazine Wanderlust.

Among them: a Princeton University professor who grew up in a Korean Christian church and who follows Tibetan Buddhism, a leader of the local Nepali community who organizes interfaith gatherings and ...

At Ta Prohm Temple in Cambodia, a statue’s head was reunited with its body after nearly a century apart. Simone Dinoia via Unsplash The pieces of a disarticulated statue of Buddha have been ...

An interesting Buddha statue may be a great talking point, whether it is in the meditation corner, living room, or garden.

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Written in a lucid style, this beautiful volume provides historical, architectural and horticultural details of 14 of the ...

FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Just off a state highway in New Jersey, one of the largest statues of the Buddha in the United States appears unexpectedly in the middle of a backyard.

It appeared unexpectedly in the middle of a backyard just off a state highway in New Jersey. One of the largest statues of the Buddha in the United States rises 30 feet high from the woods in ...

Monks chant sutras in Pāli language next to a flowered-decorated altar overlooking a giant Buddha statue in the yard of the New Jersey Buddhist … Monks chant sutras in Pāli language next to a ...