The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) | Nation | Sarnath set...
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"One of the world's tallest Buddha statues will soon be unveiled at Sarnath, the pilgrimage centre near Varanasi where he had delivered his first sermon.
The Thai government-funded 100-foot sandstone structure, at a Thai monastery in Sarnath, is similar to Afghanistan's two Bamiyan statues, which were the world's tallest Buddha images till they were destroyed by the Taliban in March 2001.
The Sarnath bust mirrors the Gandhara style of art on which the Bamiyan statues, carved on the sides of a cliff, were based."
The Thai government-funded 100-foot sandstone structure, at a Thai monastery in Sarnath, is similar to Afghanistan's two Bamiyan statues, which were the world's tallest Buddha images till they were destroyed by the Taliban in March 2001.
The Sarnath bust mirrors the Gandhara style of art on which the Bamiyan statues, carved on the sides of a cliff, were based."
