32 metre statue of Maitreya Buddha near Diskit Monastery facing down the Shyok River towards Pakistan.

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32 metre statue of Maitreya Buddha near Diskit Monastery facing down the Shyok River towards Pakistan. The statue's construction was started in April 2006 and it was consecrated by the Dalai Lama on 25 July 2010. The Diskit monastery is situated on the hill, just above the flood plains of the Shyok River, on its right bank in the Diskit village (3,144 metres (10,315 ft)) in Nubra Valley. Nubra River is a tributary of the Shyok River, which flows parallel to the Indus River on the northern side of the Ladakh Range.

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Size: 3744px × 5616px
Location: Diskit, Ladakh, India
Photo credit: © geoffwiggins.com / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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