Japan's largest stone image of Buddha in nirvana

Japan's largest stone image of Buddha in nirvana

Japan's largest stone image of Buddha in nirvana is dedicated April 11 at the Tsubosaka Temple in Takatori, Nara Prefecture. The image, which measures 8 meters in length and weighs 30 tons, was carved by a group of Japanese and Indian sculptors in the southern Indian state of Karnataka over a two-year period and shipped to Japan in 26 pieces in January. ==Kyodo

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