24 January 2024
Māravijaya Buddha is an 81-foot (25 m) marble statue of the Buddha in Dekkhinathiri Township, Naypyidaw, the national capital of Myanmar. The image, which features the bhumiphassa mudra, is the world’s largest marble Buddha statue. The statue itself weighs 5,292 tons, built using marble quarried from Sagyin, near Mandalay. The image is located on a 91-hectare site, which also features stone inscriptions, stupas, religious buildings, and a Mucalinda pond.
There are a lot of pilgrims visiting the great Maravijaya Buddha Statue on weekends. On weekdays many pilgrims who want to have a peaceful also come to offer their prayers to the great Maravijaya Buddha Statue in the evening after their jobs.
