Thursday, October 8, 2009

Shocking?

This is the statue of Buddha at Rinchenpong, Kaluk (Sikkim).


The website of the Rinchenpong Village Resort describes the statue as "the statue of Ati Buddha with a lady holding him is a unique feature of this particular monastery, symbolizing the power of male and female together".

It seems to me that there's a little more than "holding" going on in this statue, a hunch that was corroborated by my friends who're just back from a visit to Kaluk. What's for sure though is that this statue is one of its kind in the world.

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