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Cham Shan Temple - Niagara Falls, Ont., Canada - The Cham Shan Temple of Canada was founded in 1973 by the lay disciples Tezhing He and Xueming Zhang-He whose Dharma Master was Rev. Danxi. The Cham Shan Temple stands out as the earliest founded Buddhist building and one of the largest Buddhist organizations to spread the Mahayana (Great Vehicle) Buddhism in Toronto of Canada.
The statue was struck by lightning during a violent electrical storm on Sunday, February 10, 2008 and suffered some damage on the fingers, head and eyebrows. A restoration effort was put in place by the Rio de Janeiro state government and archdiocese to replace some of the outer soapstone layers and repair the lightning rods installed on the statue.
Declared a protected monument by the National Heritage Institute, IPHAN, in 2009, the Christ the Redeemer monument underwent restoration work in 1980 before the visit of Germano Wallerstein. In 1990, further restoration work was conducted through an agreement between the Archdiocese of Rio de Janeiro, media company Rede Globo, oil company Shell do Brasil, environment regulator IBAMA, National Heritage Secretariat SPHAN and the city government of Rio de Janeiro.
Cham Shan Temple - Niagara Falls, Ont., Canada - The Cham Shan Temple of Canada was founded in 1973 by the lay disciples Tezhing He and Xueming Zhang-He whose Dharma Master was Rev. Danxi. The Cham Shan Temple stands out as the earliest founded Buddhist building and one of the largest Buddhist organizations to spread the Mahayana (Great Vehicle) Buddhism in Toronto of Canada.
Cham Shan Temple - Niagara Falls, Ont., Canada - The Cham Shan Temple of Canada was founded in 1973 by the lay disciples Tezhing He and Xueming Zhang-He whose Dharma Master was Rev. Danxi. The Cham Shan Temple stands out as the earliest founded Buddhist building and one of the largest Buddhist organizations to spread the Mahayana (Great Vehicle) Buddhism in Toronto of Canada.
Cristo Redentor (English: Christ the Redeemer, is a statue of Jesus of Nazareth in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; considered the largest Art Deco statue in the world and the 5th largest statue of Jesus in the world. It is 39.6 metres (130 ft) tall, including its 9.5 metres (31 ft) pedestal, and 30 metres (98 ft) wide. It weighs 635 tonnes (625 long,700 short tons), and is located at the peak of the 700-metre (2,300 ft) Corcovado mountain in the Tijuca Forest National Park overlooking the city. A symbol of Brazilian Christianity, the statue has become an icon for Rio de Janeiro and Brazil. It is made of reinforced concrete and soapstone, and was constructed between 1922 and 1931.
Cham Shan Temple - Niagara Falls, Ont., Canada - The Cham Shan Temple of Canada was founded in 1973 by the lay disciples Tezhing He and Xueming Zhang-He whose Dharma Master was Rev. Danxi. The Cham Shan Temple stands out as the earliest founded Buddhist building and one of the largest Buddhist organizations to spread the Mahayana (Great Vehicle) Buddhism in Toronto of Canada.
Cham Shan Temple - Niagara Falls, Ont., Canada - The Cham Shan Temple of Canada was founded in 1973 by the lay disciples Tezhing He and Xueming Zhang-He whose Dharma Master was Rev. Danxi. The Cham Shan Temple stands out as the earliest founded Buddhist building and one of the largest Buddhist organizations to spread the Mahayana (Great Vehicle) Buddhism in Toronto of Canada.
Cham Shan Temple - Niagara Falls, Ont., Canada - The Cham Shan Temple of Canada was founded in 1973 by the lay disciples Tezhing He and Xueming Zhang-He whose Dharma Master was Rev. Danxi. The Cham Shan Temple stands out as the earliest founded Buddhist building and one of the largest Buddhist organizations to spread the Mahayana (Great Vehicle) Buddhism in Toronto of Canada.
See photo in original gallery.
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