26 November 2009
In August of 2008 preparations began for the installation of the Buddha. A pedestal, on which the Buddha would be installed the following year, was constructed by the pond. Under the guidance of Lama Riga and Lama Phuntsog Namgyal, the two senior monks and managers of the Mindrolling Monastery in India, Gordon Ryan, head of Expansion at Lotus Garden, guided local workers in the traditional construction of the concrete pedestal and high throne.