The entire 133 feet monument depicts the three sections of Thirukkural, namely, virtue (38 chapters), wealth (70 chapters) and love (25 chapters).[6] The statue has a height of 95 feet (29 m) and stands upon a 38-foot (11.5 m) pedestal. Tallest stone sculpture statue contains 3681 stones ranges up to 15 tons per piece.
Largest and tallest face in the world, made up of 500 tonnes of steel. Height of 112 feet symbolically denotes that Adiyogi gave 112 ways to explore the human system[14]
The statue of Basaveshwara has been erected in the middle of the 103-acre tank in Gadag district of Karnataka. A 111-foot statue of Basaveshwara at the Bhishma Lake is the tallest statue of Basavanna in India.
Located in the premises of Shri Chamundeshwari Basavappanavara Temple in Gowdagere, this statue is the world's tallest statue of Goddess Chamundeshwari who is considered to be one of the forms of the Goddess Durga or Adishakti.[42]
A 43 feet (13m) statue of Rishabhanatha has been installed at the Abhay Prabhavana Museum, the largest museum of ideas dedicated to Jain philosophy and Indian heritage.[51]
Three more statues by the Isha Foundation, which already has 34 meter Adiyogi Shiva statue at Coimbatore, plans to erect such statues in three more locations in the eastern, western and northern parts of India—in Varanasi, Mumbai and Delhi.[67]
↑ Many news websites mislead the height as "110 feet", "120 feet", etc.
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