The Buddha Dordenma is a statue of the Buddha on the southern approach to Thimphu, Bhutan, in Kuenselphodrang. Aerosun Corporation of Nanjing, China, built it. Singaporean businessman Rinchen Peter Teo and Malaysian businessman Danny Wong sponsored it. Work began in 2006, and it was finished on September 25, 2015.
The statue is 177 feet (54 meters) tall and made of bronze covered in gold gilding. It holds about 100,000 gilded bronze Buddhas of 8 inches and 25,000 of 12 inches. A meditation hall serves as its throne. The statue cost about 47 million dollars.
It sits in the ruins of Kuensel Phodrang, a former palace, and a nature park surrounds it. The article describes it as one of the largest Buddha statues in the world. It was dedicated to world peace and prosperity and commemorates the Bhutanese monarchy's centennial.
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