The previous record holder was the Spring Temple Buddha in China, which is 420 feet tall. India's new statue is nearly twice as tall as the Statue of Liberty, 305 feet with pedestal and foundation ...

India building world’s biggest statue taller than China’s Spring Temple Buddha. ... The world’s biggest statue is rising in a remote corner of India to honour an independence hero but it ...

It took exactly four years for the statue (which is made from steel, reinforced concrete, and bronze cladding) to surpass the former record holder, China's 420-foot-tall Spring Temple Buddha.

The statue was unveiled on Oct. 31, 2018 and replaced the Spring Temple Buddha in Pingdingshan, China, which stands approximately 420 feet as the tallest statue.

In stark contrast to the poverty of the surrounding countryside, the Spring Temple Buddha, which took 11 years to complete, stands more than 208 meters tall, is plated with 108 kilograms of gold, and ...

At nearly 600-feet tall, the bronze monument is almost double the height of the Statue of Liberty, and soars above China’s Spring Temple Buddha, which formerly boasted the title of the world’s ...

This massive engineering feat is set to exceed the current record for the world's tallest statue, held by the Spring Temple Buddha in China, which stands at just over 500 feet (153 m) – although ...

The world’s current, tallest statue is the Spring Temple Buddha in Henan, China, which will be about 100 feet shorter than the finished Statue of Unity. Beating this record is, of course, no ...