Bihar Tourism-The Giant Buddha Statue Drone Shot , Bodhgaya

The Giant Buddha Statue, Bodhagaya: The Giant Buddha statue is one of the many stops in the Buddhist pilgrimage and tourist routes in Bodhgaya, Bihar (India). The statue is 19.507 m (64.00 ft) high in meditation pose or dhyana mudra seated on a lotus in open air. It took seven years to complete with the help of 12,000 masons. It is a mix of sandstone blocks and red granite. It is possibly the largest built in India and was consecrated on 18 November 1989 by the 14th Dalai Lama . The foundation stone for the statue was placed in 1982.