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Seated Buddha - First Floor

At the center of the first floor's front aisle an assertively projecting Buddha in a shallow shrine is seated in the pose of meditation. His lion throne, a scalloped throne cloth over its base, has the conventional throneback motifs above: elephants, vyalas, and makaras, the latter spouting scrolling foliage. He is flanked by the bodhisattvas Avalokitesvara (with lotus and Buddha in jata headdress), and a crowned Vajrapani. The latter holds a curiously warped vajra in his hand; some problem in the rock must have been responsible for this. Flying couples - crowded by the bodhisattvas' haloes--converge upon the image from above.

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