Adiyogi bust is world’s largest, says Guinness

The Guinness had made the announcement in its website. The bust at the Isha Yoga Foundation on the outskirts of Coimbatore in the state was unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 24 this year. 

The face of Adiyogi, set up by the Isha Foundation led by spiritual guru Jaggi Vasudev, attracts thousands of people every day, a press release added. “It is 112.4 feet high, 24.99 metres wide and 147 feet long, as verified on March 11, 2017,” the release said. 

The bust refers to source of Yoga and symbolises the 112 methods of self-transformation that the first Yogi or Adiyogi (originator of yoga) offered, the release said. 

Isha Foundation plans to set up three more statues of similar height across the country. This is the second time the foundation had accomplished a Guinness record. 

On October 17, 2006, the foundation had entered the Guinness Book of World Records for planting 8.52 lakh saplings, the release added. The main statue was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on  February 24, 2017, the  Maha Shivaratri Day. He also released a book Adiyogi: The Source of Yoga written by Sadhguru and Arundhathi Subramaniam.