ထိုင်တော်မူ ဂေါတမဗုဒ္ဓ ရုပ်ပွားတော်ဘုရားကြီး | |
17°19′06″N 97°01′41″E / 17.3183733°N 97.0281018°E | |
Location | Kyaikto, Myanmar |
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Type | Buddha statue |
Height | 255.5 ft (77.9 m) |
Completion date | 2019 |
Opening date | April 7, 2019 |
Dedicated to | Buddha |
The Statue of Gautama Buddha (Burmese: ထိုင်တော်မူ ဂေါတမဗုဒ္ဓ ရုပ်ပွားတော်ဘုရားကြီး) is a 255.5 ft (77.9 m) seated statue in Kyaikto, a city in Mon State, Myanmar.[1] The opening ceremony for the completed statue was held on April 6–7th, 2019, which also coincided with Myanmar's Buddha's Birthday festival.[2]
The statue's pagoda has seventeen floors, and the height of 255 feet and 6 inches was specifically chosen because the statue was set to be completed in the Buddhist calendar year of 2556.[1] The pagoda includes an elevator as well as a cooking area that provides free meals to pilgrims to the statue.[3]