The statue is located in Bukit Unggasan - Jimbaran Bali. Masterpiece Balinese I Nyoman Nuarta. Currently developed as a cultural park and a Landmark for tourism in Bali and Indonesia.
The statue is a tangible god Vishnu in Hinduism is Lord Protector, riding a Garuda bird. Taken from the story "Garuda & empire" in which a sense of devotion and sacrifice of the bird Garuda to save his mother from slavery ultimately protected by the god Vishnu.
The statue was built with a height of 140 meters, is projected to bind tat space with visibility up to 20 miles so it can be seen from Kuta, Sanur, Nusa Dua up to Tanah Lot. Garuda Wisnu Kencana statue is a symbol of environmental rescue mission and the world
For the completion of the statue that has a height of 75 meters in Ungasan Village, South Kuta is still needed fresh funds amounting to Rp750 billion. GWK statue in the stage of development missed the target set. GWK was built in 1997 and is planned to start around the statue will be completed in 2005, but this project was stopped, due to funding problems.
Until now, the statue is made from a mixture of copper and brass and steel in certain parts to be coated with a mosaic of gold weighing 4,000 tons was only a head and body only.
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