Thursday, July 9, 2009

45 Remarkably Impressive Grand Statues Of The World

Ushiku Daibutsu of Ushiku, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan

Height : 110 m (Tallest in the world!)

Guan Yin of Sanya, Hainan, China

Height : 108 m

Emperors Yan and Huang of Zhengzhou, China

Height : 106 m

Dai Kannon of Sendai, Japan

Height : 100 m (2 X Olympic size swimming pool length)


Peter the Great of Moscow, Russia

Height : 96 m


Grand Buddha at Ling Shan of Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, China


Height : 88 m


Dai Kannon at Kita no Miyako park of Ashibetsu, Hokkaidō, Japan

Height : 88 m

Rodina Mat’Zovyot! (Mother Motherland Calls) at Mamayev Kurgan of Volgograd, Russia

Height : 85 m

Awaji Kannon of Awaji Island, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan

Height : 80 m

Great Standing Maitreya Buddha of Beipu, Hsinchu County, Taiwan, China

Height : 72 m


Leshan Giant Buddha of Leshan, China


Height : 71 m


Mother Motherland of Kiev, Ukraine

Height : 62 m


Jibo Kannon at Narita-san temple of Kurume, Fukuoka prefecture, Japan

Height : 62 m

Guan Yin at Mount Xiqiao of Nanhai district, Guangzhou, China

Height : 62 m



Aizu Jibo Dai-Kannon of Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima, Japan

Height : 57 m


Tokyo Wan Kannon of Futtsu, Chiba, Japan


Height : 56 m



Hanuman Murti of New Delhi, India

Height : 53 m

Usami Dai-Kannon of Izu Peninsula, Itō, Shizuoka, Japan

Height : 50 m

Dai Kannon of Kamaishi, Iwate, Japan

Height : 48.5 m

Ten Directions Pu Xian Buddha of Mount Emei, Sichuan province, China

Height : 48 m 

VÃrgen de la Paz (Virgin of Peace) of Trujillo, Venezuela

Height : 46.7 m 


Liberty Enlightening the World of Liberty Island, New York, United States

Height : 46 m 

Birth of the New Man (Christopher Columbus) of Sevilla, Spain

Height : 45 m

Lord Murugan of Batu Caves, Gombak, Malaysia

Height : 42.7 m

Grand Byakue Kannon of Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, Japan

Height : 41.8 m


Great Matzu of Meizhou Island, Fujian, China

Height : 40.5 m


José MarÃa Morelos of Janitzio island, Michoacan, Mexico

Height : 40 m

Fo Guang Shan Amitabha Buddha of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, China

Height : 40 m


Lord Shiva of Murudeshwara, district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka, India

Height : 37 m

The Merlion of Sentosa, Republic of Singapore

Height : 37 m

Padmasambhava (Guru Rinpoche) of Namchi, India

Height : 36 m


Bodhisattva Kannon of Tazawako, Akita prefecture, Japan

Height : 35 m


Cristo de la Concordia of Cochabamba, Bolivia

Height : 34.2 m


Tian Tan Buddha of Ngong Ping, Lantau Island, Hong Kong

Height : 34 m

Notre-Dame du Sacré-Coeur (Our Lady of the Sacred Heart) of Le Mas-Rillier in Dombes, Ain department, France

Height : 33 m


Golden Maitreya Buddha of Beopjusa, Naesongni-myeon, Chungcheongbuk-do province, South Korea

Height : 33 m

Laozi statue in Mount Mao near Zhenjiang of Jiangsu province, China

Height : 33 m

Mindroling Monastery Buddha of Dehradun, Uttarakhand state, India

Height : 32.6 m

Standing Buddha in Wat Indrawiharn of Bangkok, Thailand

Height : 32 m

Bhaisajyaguru in Nihon-Ji Temple of Kyonan, Awa District, Chiba, Japan

Height : 31 m

Lord Shiva of the Har-ki-Pauri, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India

Height : 30.5 m


VÃrgen de El Panecillo (Virgin in The Panecillo) of Quito, Ecuador

Height : 30 m

Guan Yin of Kek Lok Si Temple, Air Itam, Penang island, Malaysia

Height : 30 m


Cristo Redentor de Concorvado (Christ the Redeemer) of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Height : 30 m


Cristo del Otero (Jesus) of Palencia, Spain

Height : 30 m