The 112-feet tall bust of 'Adiyogi' Lord Shiva at the Isha Yoga Foundation has been declared the world's largest bust by the Guinness Book of World Records.
The Guinness had announced this on its website. The bust at the Isha Yoga Foundation on the outskirts of Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu was unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 24 February.
The face of Adiyogi, set up by the Isha Foundation led by spiritual guru Jaggi Vasudev, attracts thousands of people everyday, a press release said.
"It is 112.4 feet high, 24.99 metres wide and 147 feet long, as verified on 11 March 2017," said the press release.
The bust refers to the source of yoga and symbolises the 112 methods of self-transformation, that the first yogi or adiyogi (originator of yoga) offered, the press release said.
The Isha Foundation plans to set up three more statues of similar height across the country.
This is the second time that the foundation has accomplished a Guinness record.
On 17 October 2006, the foundation had entered the Guinness Book of World Records for planting 8.52 lakh saplings, the release added.
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