The Great Buddha statue is one of the popular stops on the Buddhist pilgrimage and tourist routes in Bodh Gaya, Bihar (India).

The statue is 18.5 m (61 ft)[1] high representing the Buddha seated in a meditation pose, or dhyana mudra, on a lotus in the open air.

The statue was designed by V. Ganapati Sthapati[3] and took seven years to complete using the labor of 12,000 stonemasons.

[4] A hollow spiral staircase inside the statue leads from the ground up to the chest.

Shelves on the interior walls display 16,300 small bronze images of the Buddha.