Including the moat, the Maya temple has seven layers and is mostly composed of Chiseled Stone, Grass, Leaves, Moss, Mossy Cobblestone, Mossy Cobblestone Stairs and Walls, and Vines.

The giant Kannon statue was created 57 years ago by Nakane’s parents with help from a local police station. ... so Nakane notified the donors by letter and moved the statue to the temple.

A close-up of the 30-foot statue of the Buddha – one of the largest in the United States -- at the New Jersey Buddhist Vihara and Meditation Center in Franklin Township, N.J. on Tuesday, Nov. 12 ...

FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Just off a state highway in New Jersey, one of the largest statues of the Buddha in the United States appears unexpectedly in the middle of a backyard.

The pieces of this giant monument to Hadrian were found about 5m below ground, among the buried ruins of a bath house on the site of Sagalassos, an ancient mountaintop town in southern Turkey. The ...

“And obviously, the statue of the Buddha in this temple,” he said. “Anybody who comes to that temple, feels so calm and collected once they see that big Buddha. There’s no magic to it.

FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Just off a state highway in New Jersey, one of the largest statues of the Buddha in the United States appears unexpectedly in the middle of a backyard.

“And obviously, the statue of the Buddha in this temple,” he said. “Anybody who comes to that temple, feels so calm and collected once they see that big Buddha. There’s no magic to it.

FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Just off a state highway in New Jersey, one of the largest statues of the Buddha in the United States appears unexpectedly in the middle of a backyard. It rises 30 ...