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Bodhisattvas - detail - Cistern chamber

Cut into the east wall as one enters the cistern chamber there is a remarkable full-round Buddha with bhumisparsa mudra. He sits in vajraparyankasana on a double lotus, while crouching lions together with a scalloped throne cloth appear beneath. Two Buddhas, life size and practically in the round, both stand as dramatic presences in the space behind and at either side of the central image, while extremely high relief bodhisattvas stand to the left and right.

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