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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Where is India‘s largest reclining statue of Lord Buddha being built?
A
Nalanda
B
Sarnath
C
Bodh Gaya
D
Kashi
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -BODH GAYA : India’s largest reclining statue of Lord Buddha is being built in Bodh Gaya. Built by Buddha International Welfare Mission, the statue will be 100 feet long and 30 feet high. Lord Buddha is in the sleeping posture in the statue. The construction of the giant statue started in the year 2019.

Detailed explanation-2: -Chaukhtatgyi Buddha Temple (Yangon) - 66 metres (217 ft)

Detailed explanation-3: -The Great Buddha statue (Daibutsu) is one of the popular stops on the Buddhist pilgrimage and tourist routes in Bodh Gaya, Bihar (India). The statue is 19.5 m (64 ft) high representing the Buddha seated in a meditation pose, or dhyana mudra, on a lotus in the open air.

Detailed explanation-4: -Kushinagar, where the Buddha actually attained parinirvana, has a 6-metre-long red sandstone monolith statue of the Reclining Buddha inside the Parinirvana Stupa.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Buddha Statue of Hyderabad is a monolith located in India. It is the world’s tallest monolith of Gautama Buddha, erected on Gibraltar Rock in the middle of Hussain Sagar.

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