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Pumdikot Shiva Statue
Pumdikot, Pokhara, Gandaki · 28.3167°, 83.9833°
ShivaModern—
Sacred since
2021 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
completed 2021
Modern
History & significance
A 51-foot Shiva on a white stupa base, 108 feet in all, set on a ridge above Pokhara at 1,500 m and ringed by 108 Shiva lingas. Completed in late 2021, it is the second tallest Shiva statue in Nepal.