Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Guru Padmasambhava, Samdruptse

The main tourist attraction in Samdruptse is tall statue of Guru Padmasambhava, also known as Guru Rimpoche. 



This wide gigantic 45m high statue of Guru Padmasambhava over the forested Samdruptse ridge and is visible for miles around.



Painted in shimmering copper, pink and bronze, the statue of the hallowed Buddhist leader sits atop a giant lotus plinth. 



Within the complex, there are some splendid art and crafts objects such as statues, several paintings, and other artefacts. 



The walls of the complex are adorned by attractive sculptures and paintings. 

14 comments:

  1. Excellent capture on the statue and the detail on the platform!

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  2. Amazing. Awesome pics.

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  3. Nicely painted sculpture.

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  4. What an extraordinary statue, and great shots of it.

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  5. Wow, that is a huge statue. Here in Tulsa we have a large statue of Buddha not near as tall. http://yogisden.us/?p=10621

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  6. Wow - what a fabulous statue!

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  7. 45m tall? You need to go back a long way to actually see it.

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  8. That's quite an imposing statue!

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  9. Wonderful statue and pics.

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  10. Impressive. A fantastic statue and so interesting complex adorned by attractive sculputres and paintings! A very good day and week!

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  11. images look majestic!

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  12. its beautiful lovely picture sharing

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  13. Beautiful pictures. Last month, I visited it at Namchi. The temple is amazing.
    -Sayanti from http://sayantideb.com

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