Buddha Dordenma Statue, the Tallest Sitting Buddha at Buddha Point
Buddha Dordenma Statue at Buddha Point in Bhutan is one of the world’s largest and tallest sitting Buddha statues. The Buddha statue in Bhutan stands 169 feet (52 meters) tall and sits atop a large meditation hall. The hall contains 100,000 eight-inch-tall and 25,000 twelve-inch-tall gold-gilded bronze Buddhas.
Buddha Point was built between 2006 and 2015 to fulfill a prophecy from Guru Rinpoche and yogi Sonam Zangpo foretelling the construction of a Buddha statue to bestow blessings of peace and happiness on the world.
