Unification Buddha

Unification Buddha, Buddha, Buddhist, RELIGION, CHINA, INDIA, teaching, statue
Collection: 
Gandhi-Luthuli Documentation Centre
Creator: 
Photograph collection of Buddhism
Resource Type: 
Photographs
Language: 
English
File Type: 
Picture
Rights Holder: 
UKZN - Gandhi-Luthuli Documentation Centre

The Buddha is the largest seated bronze Buddha statue in the world, at 14.6m high, excluding the halo, lightning rod and pedestal. The statue's name, Tongil Daebul, means 'Unification Buddha', and it was built to symbolise the Korean people's hope for the reunification of North and South Korea

Access Rights: 
This image may not be reproduced and published without permission from the Gandhi-Luthuli Documentation Centre. The Gandhi-Luthuli Documentation Centre has exclusive rights to this letter. For more information please phone 031 260 7351 /7350 - munsamyt@ukzn.ac.za
Posted by: Thiru
On: Thursday, May 6, 2021 - 12:04