{"id":35503,"date":"2018-10-31T17:53:36","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T12:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=35503"},"modified":"2018-10-31T17:53:36","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T12:23:36","slug":"ghantasala-to-get-70-ft-buddha-statue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/ghantasala-to-get-70-ft-buddha-statue\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghantasala to get 70-ft Buddha statue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/tp-national\/tp-andhrapradesh\/ghantasala-to-get-70-ft-buddha-statue\/article19531313.ece\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ghantasala to get 70-ft Buddha statue <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Context<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Decks have been cleared for the construction of a Rs. 1.5-crore project to develop Ghantasala village in Krishna district as one of the prime Buddhist tourist spots in the State.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>The new tourist spot<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The new facility will be themed on the Mahaparinirvana of the Buddha.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The major highlight will be a two-storied structure in Buddhist architecture resembling a pedestal with a 100-ft wide and 70-ft high Budha in the Mahaparinirvana posture.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On top of the two-storey structure will be an imposing statue of the reclining Buddha, this is a chief iconographic and statuary pattern of Buddhism.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It represents the historical Buddha during his last illness, about to enter the Mahaparinirvana.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>The Mahaparinirvana Posture<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Buddhism, Mahaparinirvana means the ultimate state everlasting, highest peace and happiness entered by an Awakened Being (Buddha).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It shows Buddha lying on the right flank, his head resting on a cushion or on his right elbow, supporting his head with his hand.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This pattern seems to have occurred at the same time as other representations of the Buddha in the Greco-Buddhist art of Gandhara.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The two floors will house a Buddhist library, a meditation centre, an auditorium for spiritual classes, an exhibition hall for digital replicas of the Buddhist antiques exhibited in the Paris museum and monasteries.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Development of new projects<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The project is coming up in a 2-and-half acre private land donated by a non-resident Telugu Gorrepati Ramanadha Babu on behalf of a Trust run in the names of his parents.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tenders for the project have been concluded, designs approved and administration sanction given. The work may start in a couple of weeks.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ghantasala, known as Katakasila in the ancient times, was a renowned Buddhist centre located near the coast.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ptolemy, the Greek geographer, had made a specific remark of an emporium of Kontakossyla in the region of Misolia (present Machilipatnam).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The maha stupa was once sheathed with well decorated sculptured slabs like that of Amaravathi and had an ornate railing.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Initially, the archaeological implication of Ghantasala was reported by Boswel in 1870-71 and the site was then subjected to excavations by Alexander Rea which brought out the stupa architecture in detail.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghantasala to get 70-ft Buddha statue Context Decks have been cleared for the construction of a Rs. 1.5-crore project to develop Ghantasala village in Krishna district as one of the prime Buddhist tourist spots in the State. The new tourist spot The new facility will be themed on the Mahaparinirvana of the Buddha. 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