The Adiyogi Shiva bust is a Template:Convert, Template:Convert and Template:Convert steel bust of Shiva with Thirunamam at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. It is recognized by the Guinness World Records as the "Largest Bust Sculpture” in the world.[1][2] Designed by Sadhguru, the founder and head of the Isha Foundation, the statue weighs around Template:Convert.[3]
Adiyogi refers to Shiva as the first yogi.[4] It was established to inspire people towards inner well-being through yoga.
Description
Adiyogi is located at the Isha Yoga Centre. Its height, 112 ft, symbolizes the 112 possibilities to attain to moksha (liberation) that are mentioned in yogic culture, and also the 112 chakras in the human system.[5][3] A linga named Yogeshwara Linga was consecrated and placed in front of the statue.[6] The Indian Ministry of Tourism has included the statue in its official Incredible India tourism campaign.[7] It is also the venue of a light and sound show about Shiva as a yogi, inaugurated by the President of India, Ram Nath Kovind.[8]
Inauguration
Adiyogi was inaugurated on 24 February 2017 by the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, on the occasion of Maha Shivaratri. He also launched a companion book, Adiyogi: The Source of Yoga, written by Sadhguru. To mark the unveiling of the statue, the song "Adiyogi – The Source of Yoga" was released by the Isha Foundation, sung by Kailash Kher, with lyrics by Prasoon Joshi.[9]
Another Template:Convert statue of Adiyogi was unveiled in Tennessee, US in 2015 by the Isha Foundation, as part of a Template:Cvt yoga studio.[10]
Adiyogi Divya Darshanam
Adiyogi Divya Darshanam is a 3D laser show, narrating the story of the Adiyogi and how the science of yoga was given to human beings.[11] It was inaugurated by the then President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, on Maha Shivaratri in 2019.[12] It is a light and sound show projected upon the Adiyogi Statue that lasts 14 minutes.
In 2020, it won the Mondo*dr EMEA & APAC Award for Technology in Entertainment in the House of Worship category.[13][14]
Adiyogi Divya Darshanam happening Daily at 7 PM IST.
Other Adiyogi Shiva statues
In January, 2014, Jaggi Vasudev announced his desire to put Adiyogi Shiva statues in each of the Four Corners of India.[15]
A 112-Feet Adiyogi Shiva Statue at Chikkaballapura was inaugurated on 15th Jan 2023. The statue is set up along with eight Navagraha temples along with Bhairavi Temple at the Isha Yoga Centre at Chikkaballapur, Karnataka.[16]
On 30 August 2022, Vasudev visited Template:Ill, Bagpat. The Isha foundation desired to get land on lease for a Sanskrit School, Yoga Centre and a 68 m (242 ft) Adiyogi Shiva statue.[17] The statue will be built near the banks of the Hindon River located near Pura Mahadev and Hariya Kheda, Uttar Pradesh.[18]
Gallery
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Back of the bust
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View from bottom
See also
- List of the tallest statues in India
- List of tallest statues in the world
- List of tallest freestanding structures
- List of colossal sculpture in situ
- New Seven Wonders of the World
- List of statues
References
- ↑ 'Aadiyogi bust' declared world's largest by Guinness Book of World Template:Webarchive, Hindustan Times, 12 May 2017.
- ↑ Vincenzo Berghella, Chennai and Coimbatore, India Template:Webarchive, Page 68.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Shiva as Adiyogi. Mathrubhumi(17 February 2017). Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- ↑ Adiyogi: The Source of Yoga{{#if:Sadhguru|, Sadhguru}. HarperCollins(2017). ISBN 9789352643929
- ↑ PM Narendra Modi to unveil first 112 feet Shiva idol at Isha Foundation. The Indian Express(24 February 2017). Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- ↑ The first Guru is born. The Times of India(3 July 2012). Retrieved 9 March 2017.
- ↑ Maha Shivratri 2017: PM Modi unveils 112-foot Shiva statue in Coimbatore. Daily News Analysis(24 February 2017). Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ↑ A night that lit up thousand minds | Coimbatore News - Times of India. The Times of India(5 March 2019). Retrieved 2020-03-05.
- ↑ Prasoon Joshi and Kher Collaborate(23 February 2017). Retrieved 5 March 2017.
- ↑ 21-foot statue of Adiyogi unveiled and consecrated in Tennessee. India Post News - Breaking and Latest News Worldwide - Indian Diaspora(6 October 2015). Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ↑ 12 Things You Probably Didn't Know About 112-ft Adiyogi. Isha Sadhguru(2020-02-21). Retrieved 2020-10-31.
- ↑ Adi-yogi allows humans to evolve beyond their limitations: President Kovind on Maha Shivaratri *Now Adiyogi DhivaDharshan Happening Daily at 7 PM IST.* | Latest News & Updates at DNAIndia.com, Team, DNA Web. DNA India. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
- ↑ Adiyogi Divya Darshanam Wins Prestigious Global Award. Isha Sadhguru(2020-05-12). Retrieved 2020-10-31.
- ↑ Adiyogi Divya Darshanam, Isha Yoga Centre – EMEA & APAC. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
- ↑ 112-foot Adiyogis in 4 Corners of India. isha.sadhguru.org. Retrieved 2022-12-01.
- ↑ 112-Ft Shiva Statue, Navagraha Temples in the Works: Isha Foundation's 2nd Centre Opens in Karnataka. News18(2022-10-09). Retrieved 2022-12-01.
- ↑ ड्रीम प्रोजेक्ट के लिए बागपत पहुंचे ईशा फॉउंडेशन के संस्थापक जग्गी वासुदेव. Hindustan. Retrieved 2022-12-01.
- ↑ संस्कृत विवि और योग केंद्र की जमीन से काटे जाएंगे पेड़. Amar Ujala. Retrieved 2022-12-01.