Maitreya Buddha in Leh, India

Maitreya (future Buddha) Temple erected to commemorate visit of the 14th Dalai Lama to this monastery in 1970. It contains a 49 foot high statue of Maitreya Buddha, the largest such statue in Ladakh. He is unusually portrayed as seated in the lotus position rather than his usual representations as standing or in a sitting posture on a high throne. It took four years to build