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This list of tallest statues includes completed statues that are at least 50 m (160 ft) tall. The height values in this list are measured to the highest part of the human (or animal) figure, but exclude the height of any pedestal (plinth), or other base platform as well as any mast, spire, or other structure that extends higher than the tallest figure in the monument.
The Statue of Unity is the world's tallest statue, with a height of 182 metres (597 feet), [3] located near Kevadia in the state of Gujarat, India.It depicts Indian statesman and independence activist Vallabhbhai Patel (1875–1950), who was the first deputy prime minister and home minister of independent India and an adherent of Mahatma Gandhi.
Ushiku Daibutsu (牛久大仏) is a statue located in Ushiku, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. Completed in 1993, it stands a total of 120 metres (390 ft) tall, including the 10 m (33 ft) base and 10 m lotus platform. The statue held the record for the tallest statue from 1993 to 2008. As of 2023, it is the fifth-tallest statue in the world. [1]
22 September, 2018. Dedicated to. Garuda and Vishnu. Garuda Wisnu Kencana statue (also known as GWK statue) is a 121-meter tall statue located in Garuda Wisnu Kencana Cultural Park, Bali, Indonesia. It was designed by Nyoman Nuarta and inaugurated in September 2018. The total height of the monument, including the 46-meter base pedestal is 121 m ...
The Statue of Social Justice is the tallest Ambedkar's statue in the world. [2] [3] The Statue of Social Justice is 125 feet tall and is built on an 81-foot plinth, giving a total height of 206 feet. [11] [18] It is the fourth tallest, and the second tallest standing statue in India. [19] The Statue of Social Justice is among the top 40 tallest ...
The Genghis Khan Equestrian Statue, part of the Genghis Khan Statue Complex, is a 40-metre (130 ft) tall, stainless steel statue of Genghis Khan on horseback and the world's tallest equestrian statue. [2] It is located about a mile from the Tuul River at Tsonjin Boldog, 54 km (33.55 mi) east of the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar, where ...
After five years and the expenditure of US$3 million, [1] the statue stood at 58 feet (18 m) and weighed 350 tons, making it the world's tallest monolithic statue of the Buddha. [2] A concrete platform measuring 15 feet (4.6 m), now referred to as the "Rock of Gibraltar," [ 3 ] was constructed in the middle of Hussain Sagar to aid in erecting ...
As of 2023, this was the 14th tallest statue in the world. The statue took six years to build and was enshrined on April 24, 2005, with the participation of 108 monks from various Buddhist groups in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao and mainland China, and tens of thousands of pilgrims.