Adiyogi - World's Largest Shiva Statue
The Adiyogi statue recognized as the world’s largest bust sculpture by the Guinness Book of World Records, depicts the Hindu deity, Shiva, in 500 tonnes of steel.
Surrounded by lush green farms, coconut groves, and the Velliangiri hills, the towering Adiyogi stands 112 feet tall in Coimbatore, India, and celebrates Shiva, the first yogi. Shiva is popular in many forms across the land but depicting the deity as the ‘first Yogi’ is not common.
Adiyogi – The Source of Yoga Adiyogi, known as the first Yogi, passed on the science of yoga ...