Largest standing Buddha’s in the world

Today will take you to two magnificent sites. Maligawila has the world’s largest free-standing Buddha statue. At over 11 meters in height, this towering statue, which was discovered in the 1950s and restored between 1989 and 1991, is believed to have been commissioned by the 7th-century prince Agghabodhi. 

Traveling on to Buduruwagala, meaning 'Buddha image', you will see rock-cut Buddha statues carved on a cliff located in the area. This 7-statue complex, which is of the Mahayana Buddha School, comprises the huge standing Buddha figures traced back to the 8th - 10th centuries AD.