Avalokiteshwara Padmapani
Recently, one-thousand-year old idol of Avalokiteshvara Padmapani, stolen earlier from a temple in Bihar's Gaya, had been returned to India from Italy.
- This statue of Avalokiteshwara Padmapani made of stone dates back to the 8th-12th century. In the idol, Lord Buddha, is standing with a lotus in his left hand.
- It is worth mentioning that Lord Buddha is the only one who is called Avalokiteshwara Padmapani.
About Avalokiterswara
- In Buddhism, Avalokitesvara is a bodhisattva who embodies the compassion of all Buddhas.
- He has 108 avatars; one notable avatar being Padmapaṇi, the one who holds the lotus (padma).
- This bodhisattva is variably ....
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