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Ushiku Daibutsu (牛久大仏) is a statue located in Ushiku, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. Completed in 1993, it stands a total of 120 मीटर (390 फीट) tall, including the 10 मी॰ (33 फीट) base and 10m lotus platform. As of 2016, it is one of the top three tallest statues in the world.

उशिकु महान बुद्ध

Japanese: 牛久大仏
चित्र:Ushiku.jpg Image of the Ushiku Daibutsu
वर्ष	1993
प्रकार	Statue
परिमाप	100 मी॰ (330 फीट) high
स्थान	{{{museum}}}Ushiku, Ibaraki, Japan

An elevator takes visitors up 85 मी॰ (279 फीट) to an observation floor. The statue depicts Amitabha Buddha and is made of bronze. It is also known as Ushiku ARCADIA (Amida's Radiance and Compassion Actually Developing and Illuminating Area). It was built to commemorate the birth of Shinran, founder of the Jōdo Shinshū 浄土真宗 or "True Pure Land School" of Buddhism.

Details

• Weight: 4,003 टन (8,825,000 पौंड)
• Length of Left Hand: 18.00 मी॰ (59.06 फीट)
• Length of Face: 20.00 मी॰ (65.62 फीट)
• Length of Eye: 2.55 मी॰ (8.4 फीट)
• Length of Mouth: 4.5 मी॰ (15 फीट)
• Length of Nose: 1.2 मी॰ (3.9 फीट)
• Length of Ear: 10.00 मी॰ (32.81 फीट)
• Length of the First Finger: 7.00 मी॰ (22.97 फीट)

Inside the statue itself is a four story building, which serves as a kind of museum.

Level 1, Infinite Light and Infinite Life

The first floor lobby is dark, and as you enter music floats toward you from the darkness. In the center of the room a single shaft of light shines from above onto a cauldron of smoking incense. Beyond it is the elevator to the other floors.

Level 2 (10.0 m), World of Gratitude and Thankfulness

Mostly dedicated to scriptural studies

Level 3 (20~30.0 m), World of the Lotus Sanctuary

3000 samples of gold Buddha statues

Level 4 (80~85.0 m), Room of Mt. Grdhrakuta

Also on the fourth floor are windows looking out from the buddha's chest onto the adjacent flower garden and small animal park.

See also

• Daibutsu
• Kōtoku-in, temple in Kamakura, home to second largest seated bronze Buddha statue in Japan.
• Tōdai-ji, temple in Nara, home to largest seated bronze Buddha statue in Japan.
• Leshan Giant Buddha in China, the tallest stone Buddha sculpture in the world.
• Tian Tan Buddha, located in Hong Kong, world's tallest seated Buddha statue.
• List of statues by height, many of which are Buddhist statues

External links

• औपचारिक जालस्थल

कीर्तिमान
पूर्वाधिकारी Sendai Daikannon 100 m (328 ft)	World's tallest statue 1993–2002	उत्तराधिकारी Spring Temple Buddha 128 m (420 ft)