 Adiyogi Shiva statue in Coimbatore, 2018 | |
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| 10°58′21″N 76°44′26″E / 10.972416°N 76.740602°E | |
| Location | Isha Yoga Center, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India |
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| Designer | Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev |
| Type | bust |
| Material | Steel |
| Width | 25 m (82 ft) |
| Height | 34 m (112 ft) |
| Visitors | 2.19 Million (in 2021–2022) |
| Completion date | 24 February 2017 |
| Dedicated to | Shiva as Adiyogi |
The Adiyogi Shiva bust is a 34-metre tall (112 ft), 45-metre long (147 ft) and 25-metre wide (82 ft) steel bust of Shiva with Thirunamam at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. It is recognized by the Guinness World Records as the "Largest Bust Sculpture” in the world.[1][2] Designed by Sadhguru, the founder and head of the Isha Foundation, the statue weighs around 500 tonnes (490 long tons; 550 short tons).[3]
Adiyogi refers to Shiva as the first yogi.[4] It was established to inspire people towards inner well-being through yoga.
- ^ 'Aadiyogi bust' declared world's largest by Guinness Book of World Archived 13 April 2021 at the Wayback Machine, Hindustan Times, 12 May 2017.
- ^ Vincenzo Berghella, Chennai and Coimbatore, India Archived 27 April 2023 at the Wayback Machine, Page 68.
- ^ "Shiva as Adiyogi". Mathrubhumi. 17 February 2017. Archived from the original on 24 February 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- ^ Sadhguru (2017). Adiyogi: The Source of Yoga. India: HarperCollins. p. 2. ISBN 9789352643929.