Shiva, Bangalore
Hindus believe God reveals itself in many ways to different people and cultures. Or conversely, Hindus believe in the freedom of expression of your love/aspiration for God (i.e. the ability to decorate, depict, or approach God) in whichever form or name you choose is inspirational for you. Of the many names and forms venerated by Hindus is Siva (or Shiva). This is Siva (God) in the form of the Absolute/Supreme Yogi. This is located in Bangalore, India.
The 20m high Siva is a sight you have to see in person. One can sort of feel the peaceful presence as he gazes down on the on visitors (the eyes are half closed, meditating, gazing downward). Behind him is a mountain structure inside which houses replicas of important Siva Lingams from different parts of India.
Siva is particularly known for His simple attire of a renunciate, his trishul (trident), yogic position, rudraksha mala (garland of rudraksha beads), and his jada (or matted locks of hair, which he keeps knotted on top of his head). The only time his jada unfurls, and his knotted hair wildly let loose, like threads of cosmic energy, is during his Shiva Tandava (the Cosmic Dance of the Universe), during the dissolution of what we know as the visible Universe, when the maya (the Matrix/Illusion/Veil of the Universe) is lifted, showing the underlying Reality, the Source. This is said to happen in the penultimate stage of self-realization in yoga, when a person merges into the Absolute, and realizes his true nature, as the Supreme Self (similar to Christian concept of, “the kingdom of God is within you”).