Tsunami Honganji Buddha Statue was opened on 26th December 2006 at Paraliya Hikkaduwa as a monument to the over 35,000 Sri Lankans killed by the Tsunami on December 26th, 2004. This sculpture is a precise duplicate of the 5th Century 175 feet Bamiyan Buddha Statue damaged by the Muslim Fundamentalists in Afghanistan. The replica was built using the earliest identified sketches of the statue. It is about 9 meters tall, just as high as the tsunami waves that hit the area.
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