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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