Statue of Gautama Buddha (Myanmar)

The Statue of Gautama Buddha (Burmese: ထိုင်တော်မူ ဂေါတမဗုဒ္ဓ ရုပ်ပွားတော်ဘုရားကြီး) is a 255.5 ft (77.9 m) seated statue in Kyaikto, a city in Mon State, Myanmar.

[1] The opening ceremony for the completed statue was held on April 6–7th, 2019, which also coincided with Myanmar's Buddha's Birthday festival.

[2] The statue's pagoda has seventeen floors, and the height of 255 feet and 6 inches was specifically chosen because the statue was set to be completed in the Buddhist calendar year of 2556.

[1] The pagoda includes an elevator as well as a cooking area that provides free meals to pilgrims to the statue.

[3] This Buddhism-related article is a stub.