Great Buddha Dordenma

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Buddha Point at Thimphu city of Bhutan 

It is a gigantic Shakyamuni Buddha statue in the mountains of Thimphu city, the capital of Bhutan. This monument is commonly known as Buddha Point. The primary intention for installing this Shakyamuni Buddha statue was to celebrate the 60th anniversary of fourth King Jigme Singye Wangchuk.

60th Anniversary of His Majesty the 4th Druk Gyalpo Jigme Singye Wangchuk 

The construction started in 2006 and was predicted to finish in the month of October, 2010. Nevertheless, it took extra 5 year. Thus, it was completed on 25th September, 2015.

The materials used for constructing Buddha Dordenma are bronze and was gilded with gold. The height of the Buddha's statue its 54 metres(1774) and the reason for the installment of Buddha's statue was highly dedicated to pass the message to the people in order to bring peace and prosperity to the world.

The statue cost US$47 million while constructing. Aerosun Corporation of Najing, China, which was sponsored by Rinchen Peter Teo a Singaporean businessman. Moreover, the total cost of the entire project had cost more than US$100 million.

Rinchen Peter Teo, a Singaporean businessman 

In the 20th century, one of the yogis Sonam Zangpo unbelievably prophesied a massive statue of god either Padmasambhava or Buddha would be built at the Thimphu region in order to bestow blessings, peace and happiness to the people living all over the world.

Lama Sonam Zangpo 

Additionally, the Kuensel Phodrang nature park formally installed in 2011. The Buddha Dordenma statue and couple of houses are encircled by the park conserving 943.4 acres of forest area, simultaneously protecting the park and also the Buddha's statue.


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