181 x 88 cm. (71.3 x 34.6 in.) ...
The Final Death of the Buddha Sakyamuni, or Yale Parinirvana (Nehan-zu) is a 14th-century Japanese silk painting and hanging scroll depicting Parinirvana, the death of The Buddha. Painted by the ...
128 m (420 ft): The tallest Buddha statue, located in Henan Province, features a serene figure of Vairocana Buddha on a lotus ...
The park is open daily from 7am to 9pm. Best place to take a photo: from the Sakyamuni Buddha. The promenade runs along the waterfront in Kwun Tong. It has special lighting and sound effects ...
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When we visit a temple, the first structure we usually see is a pillar outside the sanctum. Most Hindus pay obeisance to the pillar before venturing inside the ...
It's hard to miss Potala Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This grand, imposing structure stands more than 12,000 feet above sea level on Marpo-ri, or Red Hill, in the middle of central Lhasa.
the lion was the powerful exposition of dharma by Sakyamuni; the elephant was the guise he chose when he descended from heaven to earth, to be born of Maya. Seven of the pillars have animal ...
Like the Potala Palace, the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery holds a lot of significance in Tibetan Buddhism. Not only was the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery founded by the first Dalai Lama, but later it became the ...
The gilt bronze sculpture is of a person standing upright and facing the viewer. They are standing barefoot on a small pedestal detailed with petals. The person’s right arm is down by their side, palm ...
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