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Buddah-niches: There are over 400 Buddah niches sculpted in the round. Small bell-shaped stupas, which look like inverted lotus blossoms or like bells of stone lattice-work, each contain a sitting statue of an athletic young Buddah. Through the apertures the Buddah can be seen only half in sunlight, half in shadows, each statue only partly visible. This is calculated to bring home to the visitor both the formless and the absolute reality, the two faces of god. Each one of the hands are in different positions to represent varioys mudras or symbols for Buddah's different actions such as teaching, blessing, preaching, etc. Reaching in through the lattices and touching Buddah's hands brings good luck. In the niches above the 4 galleries are statues of reincarnated Buddahs, each pointing to a different direction of the compass. There are subtle differences between the latticed bells of the first and 2nd rows and those of the third. Most of the heads are missing. They were knocked off or destroyed by Muslim vandals. You can find them in museums in Holland, Paris, London, Boston.


 

  



 

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