AFTER STATUE OF UNITY, 80-FEET BUDDHA STATUE PLANNED IN GUJARAT
(HINDUSTAN TIMES) AHMEDABAD, NOV 23, 2018 - After the 182-meter tall `Statue of Unity’ of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Gujarat may get a gigantic Buddha statue.
Sanghakaya Foundation, a non-profit Buddhist organisation, said Thursday that it has demanded land from the government for installing an 80-feet high statue of Lord Buddha in Gandhinagar district.
It has roped in Ram Sutar, the sculptor behind the Statue of Unity, for the project, it said. “We are expecting to get land soon,” president of the foundation Bhante Prashil Ratna told reporters here.
The Statue of Unity, inaugurated in Narmada district of the state on October 31, is the tallest statue in the world. Bhante Prashil Ratna also said that the foundation is planning to set up a Buddhist University in Gujarat.