Giant jade Buddha arrives in Victoria, Aust.

[Kim O'Hara]

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A giant Buddha carved from a single piece of jade has taken pride of place inside the Great Stupa of Universal Compassion in central Victoria.

The stupa — a sacred Buddhist monument — stands 50 metres high and 50 metres wide at its base, making it the largest of its type in the western world.

Rising up from the central Victorian bush, the $20 million building includes the 2.5-metre high, four-tonne Buddha carved from a massive boulder of nephrite-jade found in the Yukon in the far northwest of Canada. ...

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-19/t ... go/9773126


Kim

[shaunc]

Do you know Kim if the statue is staying in Bendigo permanently or if it's still on a tour. The article says that so far it has been to 135 cities.

[Kim O'Hara]

Do you know Kim if the statue is staying in Bendigo permanently or if it's still on a tour. The article says that so far it has been to 135 cities.

I only know what's in the article but it appears that the stupa is its permanent home.


Kim

[shaunc]

Thanks

[Nicholas Weeks]

Yes, the worldwide tour is over. When it was in Southern California it was displayed at a Vietnamese temple some years ago wife & I admired it.

https://www.lionsroar.com/giant-jade-bu ... orld-tour/