Maha Thetkya Yanthi Buddha (Burmese: မဟာသကျရံသီ ရုပ်ရှင်တော်မြတ်ကြီး); Pali: Mahāsakyaraṃsi) is a Buddhist temple in Ottarathiri Township, Naypyidaw Union Territory, Myanmar that houses a 32-foot (9.8 m) marble image of the standing Buddha that weighs 700 tonnes (690 long tons; 770 short tons).
[1][2] The marble was sourced from a quarry 375 miles (604 km) north in Mandalay.
[3] The image was enshrined on 20 June 2015 in the Gandhakuṭi Pavilion (ဂန္ဓကုဋိကျောင်းဆောင်).
Construction efforts were undertaken by ACE Construction Group, owned by Tint Hsan.
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