A 25-foot, 15 ton statue of Lord Hanuman is in a box outside of Om Sri Sai Balaji temple and culture center in Monroe, New Jersey. Tuesday, January 23, 2024. Patti Sapone | NJ Advance Media By ...

he said. The temple cannot afford to replace the statue right now. It was handcrafted for them and cost about $4,000. "I wanna know why they did it," Maharaj said.

The structure in the western state of Gujarat, India, is the world's tallest statue. The previous record holder was the Spring Temple Buddha in China, which is 420 feet tall.

Ahead of general conference, a new statue was unveiled \u2014 the first on the east side of Temple Square \u2014\u00a0depicting the five virgins who had their lamps filled with oil.