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Thimphu, Thimphu · 27.4435°, 89.6454°
A 54-metre bronze Shakyamuni Buddha seated on a hill above Thimphu, cast by the Aerosun Corporation of Nanjing and completed on 25 September 2015 to mark the sixtieth anniversary of King Jigme Singye Wangchuck. Its base houses some 100,000 smaller bronze Buddha images.
What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.
The statue is held to fulfil a prophecy attributed to the 20th-century yogi Sonam Zangpo, and an older terma of Guru Rinpoche, that a great image would be raised in Bhutan to bestow blessings, peace and happiness.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Modern
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