Talk:Shwethalyaung Temple

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Hi I'm not sure that I am at the right place and doing the right thing - it being my first time. The Shwethalyaung Buddha article states that this statue is the second largest in the world after the one at Dawei/Tavoy. I have two problems with this statement: 1 - what about the Chaukhtatgyi Buddha at Yangon which is 65.83 metres in length? 2 - in your Dawei/Tavoy entry there is no mention of a reclining Buddha.

Hope this helps you. Lonegrouper (talk) 09:01, 29 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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This entry says that Shwethalyaung Buddha is the "second largest in the world," next to another Buddha statue in Dawei/Tavoy. However, as I looked it up through the Internet, I could not find any information about the statue in Dawei/Tavoy, which is claimed to be the "largest" in the world, and thus, even larger than Shwethalyaung Buddha, according to this entry.

In addition, it seems that this entry claims the statue in Dawei/Tavoy to be the largest, mainly based on the fact that Shwethalyaung Buddha is 55m high, while the one in Dawei/Tavoy is 74m high. However, this is quite flawed since the reason why Shwethalyaung Buddha is considered "among the largest" is because of its weight, not because of its length. When it comes to length, Spring Temple Buddha in Lushan, China is the largest/tallest Buddha statue in the world. (it is even the tallest statue in the whole world; 128m high) Yet, Shwethalyaung Buddha, which is never the "tallest," becomes the "largest," nevertheless, since, weight-wise, it is the "heaviest."

Therefore, to claim that the Buddha statue in Dawei/Tavoy is the largest, and larger than Shwethalyaung Buddha, one should prove that it is heavier than Shwethalyaung Buddha, not taller. Yet, this entry only mentions the comparison of heights. This makes me deeply wonder about the validity of the statement. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pandorabox722 (talk • contribs) 18:25, 23 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]