The Great Stupa of Universal Compassion is a Buddhist monument near Bendigo in central Victoria, Australia.
[3] The basic idea for building the stupa came from Lama Yeshe and then, after Lama Yeshe's death, from Lama Zopa Rinpoche, who decided to model the stupa (kumbum) on the Great Stupa of Gyantse which is 600 years old.
It will be 50 metres (160 ft) high and its four sides will each be 50 metres (160 ft) long, making it one of the largest Buddhist monuments in the Western world.
It houses the 2.5 metre Jade Buddha for Universal Peace statue, the world’s largest gem-quality jade Buddha statue.
[6] There is a vast collection of Asian sacred relics and statues on display at the stupa's exhibition centre.