Article: Plan for tallest Buddha statue stirs controversy.

Article: World largest Buddha statue to receive health ...
Xinhua News Agency;  June 7, 2006 ;     493 words ...World largest Buddha statue to receive health checkup CHENGDU ... Xinhua) -- The world's largest Buddha statue, situated in southwest China ... 71-metre (234-feet) tall Buddha statue is more than 1,200 years old ...

Article: China Exclusive: Gold Buddha statue turns "fat" in ...
Xinhua News Agency;  May 23, 2005 ;     700+ words ...China Exclusive: Gold Buddha statue turns "fat" in holy month in Tibetan shrine ... May 23 (Xinhua) -- Kneeling before a gold Buddha statue, Cering Wangdu is painting a Buddha statue with gold powder. The work will be repeated ...

Article: Thailand donates Buddha Statue to Nagarukkaramaya
Daily Mirror;  May 28, 2009 ;     591 words ... ... Temple a magnificent 14ft valuable Buddha Statue considering the contribution Nagarukkaramaya ... been doing in spreading Buddhism. The Buddha Statue was belonging to Wat Tarn-En Temple ... The unveiling ceremony of the Golden Buddha Statue is scheduled to be held on June 6 ...

Article: World's largest Buddha statue well protected
Xinhua News Agency;  June 21, 2004 ;     700+ words ...World's largest Buddha statue well protected CHENGDU, June 21 (Xinhua ... foot of the world 's largest sitting Buddha statue to prevent it from erosion and pollution. As the grand Buddha statue sits on a fault cliff above a river section ...

Article: China Facelifting World's Tallest Buddha Statue (1)
Xinhua News Agency;  April 2, 2001 ;     437 words ... ... ever facelift of the world's tallest Buddha statue in Leshan, a city in southwest China ... World Bank loans. Repairs on the giant Buddha statue have been carried out on numerous occasions ... 1949, thorough repair work on the Buddha statue has been conducted once every 10 years ...

Article: Project to protect giant Buddha statue kicked off ...
Xinhua News Agency;  March 22, 2004 ;     494 words ...Project to protect giant Buddha statue kicked off in SW China CHENGDU ... protect the world's tallest Buddha statue began this month in southwest ... where the Leshan Mountain Giant Buddha statue stands, and it is necessary ...

Article: China Brassing up Leshan Buddha Statue (1)
Xinhua News Agency;  April 3, 2001 ;     381 words ... ... efforts to protect the world's tallest Buddha statue in Leshan, a city in southwest China ... said that the current repairs of the Buddha statue that started Monday are only part of ... of the 1,280-year-old Leshan Buddha statue is a systematic project which requires ...