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More than 500 monks, nuns, Buddhist followers, and thousands of pilgrims from all over the world gathered for the sacred and emotional ceremony - the Consecration Ceremony of the Maitreya Bodhisattva statue, made from the world’s largest banded agate, at Ba Den Mountain (Tay Ninh).
The world’s largest sandstone statue of Maitreya Buddha will be officially sanctified at Ba Den Mountain in the southern province of Tay Ninh on Jan. 28. This will be Vietnam’s largest spiritual cultural event, with the participation of over 500 Buddhist monks and nuns from the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha.