#largestbustsculpture

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The #AdiyogiStatue is a 34.3-metre-tall excluding plinth, 45-metre-long and 7.62-metre-wide statue of the Hindu deity Shiva with white Thirunamam at #Coimbatore in the Indian state of #TamilNadu, which has been recognized by the #GuinnessWorldRecords as the "#LargestBustSculpture” in the world. Did you know: #AdiyogiShivaStatue is the ninth-tallest statue in India (34.2 m). https://www.instagram.com/p/CBdFrvFB9G0/?igshid=1w9o27wz63ian

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#TheAdiyogiStatue is a 34-metre-tall (112 ft) excluding plinth, 45-metre-long (147 ft) and 7.62-metre-wide (24.99 ft) statue of the Indian deity Shiva with white Thirunamam at #Coimbatore in the Indian state of #TamilNadu, which has been recognized by the Guinness World Records as the "#LargestBustSculpture” in the world. Designed by #JaggiVasudev, founder of the #IshaFoundation, it was built by the foundation and weighs around 500 tonnes (490 long tons; 550 short tons). Jaggi said that the statue is for inspiring and promoting yoga, and is named Adiyogi, which means "the first yogi", because Shiva is known as the originator of yoga. https://www.instagram.com/p/B80pqL6hTm-/?igshid=1l2zvzz497b3x