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Dhyana Buddha Statue
Dhyana Buddha Statue is a huge statue of Lord Buddha installed in Amaravathi in Andhra Pradesh.

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Dhyana Buddha Statue, Andhra PradeshDhyana Buddha Statue is a massive statue of Lord Buddha in Amaravathi, Andhra Pradesh. With a towering height of 125 ft, the statue is located on the banks of River Krishna. The statue also has a museum beneath it which has scriptures on Buddhism and other relevant artefacts. The Dhyana Buddha Statue was commissioned in 2003 and completed in 2015. It is protected by the Archaeological Survey of India which maintains a site museum known as an old museum.

Structure of Dhyana Buddha Statue
The Dhyana Buddha statue of 125 ft (38 m) is spread across 4.5 acres. The Lord Buddha statue depicts meditating (dhyana mudra) while he is seated on a giant lotus in open air which has a three-layered museum inside it with sculptures depicting Buddhist significance associated with enlightenment of Buddha, enlightenment under Bodhi tree and all other events in the life of Buddha.

The statue stands on massive Lotus pandal supported by 8 pillars that signifies the path for salvation followed by Buddha, four zones depicting noble truths and five Ayaka pillars for stages of life. Essences of Buddhist teachings from 24 chapters and 424 stanzas were carved on 200 panels in the main hall of the Dhyana Mandiram.

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