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Seated Buddha, Middle floor (between First and Second floor)

Near the top of the staircase leading to the second floor, one can enter a large pillared chamber fronted by two pillars with a beautifully carved lotus on the ceiling. Two mandalas, along with various seated Buddhas and bodhisattvas, have been carved. The mandalas flank the central image of a bhumisparsa Buddha, with Avalokitesvara and Vajrapani. On the right wall a large triad represents seated Avalokitesvara flanked by Jambhala on the left and Tara on the right , and with two smaller female devotees at the farther left. Various other small panels appear on the three walls, including a triad of goddesses above this right wall’s mandala.

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