Kandy Bahirawakanda Buddha statue: hill slope structural engineering and panoramic city views?

The Sri Maha Bodhi Vihara Buddha statue at Bahirawakanda in Kandy is a monumental 88-foot (26.8m) seated white Buddha statue perched on a steep hillside overlooking the city and Kandy Lake. Constructed during the late 20th century, the statue required rigorous civil engineering: deep reinforced concrete foundation pilings were driven into weathered metamorphic gneiss bedrock to anchor the heavy structure against hillside soil slippage. The upper torso and head feature internal structural steel bracing covered in weather-resistant white cement plaster.