Thursday, March 1, 2012

The tallest Lord Shiva statue in the world


Kailashnath Mahadev is the tallest statue of Lord Shiva in the world to be found at Chhitpol-5, Kailaskut hill in Bhaktapur of Kathmandu in Nepal. The height of this statue is 108 feet, in accordance with the Hindu mythological lucky number, but measured with its base of 36 feet, it comes to 144 feet or 43.5 meter.

The statue is claimed to be built by one Kamal Jain with a worth of Eleven crore rupees. It took a long six years to construct the statue. The place of the statue is 20 kms east to Kathmandu. 

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