Monday, November 29, 1999

Myanmar gifts giant Buddha statue to Mumbai pagoda

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Mumbai, May 17 (IANS) A giant marble statue of Lord Buddha, standing 21 feet tall, has been gifted by the Myanmar government to the Global Vipassana Foundation Pagoda, a foundation official said Monday.The statue of Lord Buddha weighs a whopping 60 tonnes and is carved from a single piece of marble, the official told IANS here.Created by Myanmar's U Taw Taw group, the statue, depicting Lord Buddha in a meditating posture, will be unveiled on Buddha Purnima day (May 27) by industrialist and Vipassana teacher Satyanarayan Goenka at a function to be held at the pagoda complex.

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