Certain characteristics are common to images of Buddha: the Victoria & Albert Museum lists 32 'lakshanas' or special bodily features with symbolic meanings. These go beyond physical attributes ...

In the 18th century, however, they fell into neglect and were largely forgotten until 1908 when visiting German architect Ernst Boerschmann "discovered" the grand caves filled with Buddha statues ...

The stones once belonged to a seven-headed serpent-like statue found with a Buddha in the temple. Screengrab from Apsara National Authority's Facebook page What are we learning about the past?

It is also the site of the world's largest stone statue of Buddha. The Great Buddha at Leshan This colossal statue was carved on a cliff on Soaring to the Clouds Hill facing the three rivers.

If you search online for when Buddha’s birthday is celebrated, you’ll get a different answer for different ... a sweet tea made with flowers, on statues of Buddha, and they drape lotuses ...

The trio in their 30s ― Naka Ai, Imura Kasumi, and Morisaki Reiko, ― make up Sanjoudou, a wooden Buddha restoration ... for the restoration. All statues require a different approach, depending ...

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CHINAIn China, the faithful do a bathing ceremony that involves pouring scented blessed water over a statue of the infant Buddha whose right forefinger is pointed upwards toward the sky and left ...

The 'Bathing the Buddha' ceremony is also often included during Wesak. This involves water being poured over the shoulders of the Buddha. It reminds Buddhists to purify their own minds from greed ...