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Rock cut panel depicting the Hindu God Lord Shiva and his wife Parvati, in Cave No 29, the Dhumar Lena Cave, at Ellora, Maharashtra State, India

Rock cut reclining statue of the Buddha preparing to enter nirvana, in cave 26, a chaitya in the Buddhist cave site at Ajanta, carved from a gorge in the Waghore River, Ajanta, Maharashtra State, India.

Rock carvings Ajanta Cave complex, Buddhist Temples carved into solid rock dating from the 5th Century BC, Ajanta, Maharastra, India

Buddha figure inside Dambulla cave Buddhist temple complex, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sri Lanka, Asia

Feet of Buddha figure inside Dambulla cave Buddhist temple complex, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sri Lanka, Asia

Buddha figures inside Dambulla cave Buddhist temple complex, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sri Lanka, Asia

Buddha figures inside Dambulla cave Buddhist temple complex, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sri Lanka, Asia

Buddha figure inside Dambulla cave Buddhist temple complex, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sri Lanka, Asia

Buddha figures inside Dambulla cave Buddhist temple complex, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sri Lanka, Asia

Carved stone figures of Rakan, disciples of Shaka the founder of Buddhism, Otagi Nembutsu-ji Temple, Arashiyama, Kyoto, Japan, Asia

Carved stone figures of Rakan, disciples of Shaka the founder of Buddhism, Otagi Nembutsu-ji Temple, Arashiyama, Kyoto, Japan, Asia

Detail at the Temple of the Emerald Buddha (Wat Phra Kaew), the Royal Palace, Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Statues at the Temple of the Emerald Buddha (Wat Phra Kaew), the Royal Palace, Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Guardian figure paintings on gate, Hoi Tuong Te Nguoi Hoa Buddhist Chinese temple, Phu Quoc, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Detail of the Temple of the Emerald Buddha (Wat Phra Kaew), the Royal Palace, Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Buddha figures inside Dambulla cave Buddhist temple complex, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sri Lanka, Asia

Buddha figures inside Dambulla cave Buddhist temple complex, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sri Lanka, Asia

Buddha figure inside Dambulla cave Buddhist temple complex, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sri Lanka, Asia

Sitting golden Buddha figure in main hall and worshippers praying to the Buddha, Linh Phuoc Pagoda, Dalat, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Buddha figures inside Dambulla cave Buddhist temple complex, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sri Lanka, Asia

Carved stone figures of Rakan, disciples of Shaka the founder of Buddhism, Otagi Nembutsu-ji Temple, Arashiyama, Kyoto, Japan, Asia

Angkor Wat, UNESCO World Heritage Site, a Hindu-Buddhist temple complex near Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Detail of the carved facade at one of the temples in Angkor Wat complex, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Daisho-in Temple, Japanese Buddhist temple complex on Mount Misen, Miyajima island, hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

Jizo statues and graves at Okunoin of Mount Koya, a sacred Buddhist site and cemetery. Opened in 835, it houses the mausoleum of Kūkai, founder of the Shingon school of esoteric Buddhism, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, East Asia

Buddhist temple with Hinduist divinities at the road side, Badulla district, Sri Lanka, Indian subcontinent, South Asia

Wall painting at Tibetan Buddhist Thikse Monastery, near Leh, Ladakh region, state of Jammu and Kashmir, India, Asia

Ancient stone carvings of arhats, Bodhisattvas and Buddhas on hillside of Feilaifeng (Flying Peak), Lingyin Temple, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China

Yakushi statue in the Kondo of To-ji Temple, a Shingon Buddhist temple in the Minami-ku ward of Kyoto, Japan, East Asia

Shrine guarded by Bodhisattva figures, dating from 7th century, in Cave 5, Ellora, UNESCO World Heritage Site, near Aurangabad, Maharashtra state, India, Asia

Buddha figures inside Dambulla cave Buddhist temple complex, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sri Lanka, Asia

Anicca, God of Destiny holds wheel of life of Buddhist karma, Dazu rock carvings, Mount Baoding, China

Anicca, God of Destiny holds wheel of life of Buddhist Karma, Dazu rock carvings, Mount Baoding, China

Long-eared Buddha figure at Udon Monastery (Vipassana Dhura Buddhist Centre) at Phnom Udon, Udong, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Close up of a row of stone figures wearing red cloth, Sanzen In shrine, Kyoto, Kansai, Honshu, Japan, Asia

Mystical figure, white umbrella and golden stupas, Shwedagon Paya, Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Traditional bronze figure of Buddha with red scarf and fresh flowers, Daisho In temple, Miyajima, Honshu, Japan, Asia

Small Buddha figures in cave, Pindaya Natural Cave Museum, Pindaya, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

A solitary mask dancer appears wearing a frightening mask and silk brocade. they circle the courtyard with sprightly leaps. called protectors of faith, or dharmapdla, the origins of figures like these can be traced back to the pre-aryan peoples of india. originally known as yaksas (literally, a wondrous thing), they were tree spirits, who were accepted by the buddhists as defenders of the faith. in nepal and tibet, as in india, local deities were converted into protectors. a devotee of an alien sect devised a means to humiliate the buddha and his disciples. the buddha discovered it and succeeded in converting him to his teaching. due to lack of wisdom, the buddha remarked, some could not realize the goodness of his disciples and he compared the ignorant to the blind and the wise to those who have eyes.nobody is condemned in buddhism, for greatness is latent even in the seemingly lowliest just as lotuses spring from muddy ponds. -the dhammapada. solu khumbu, nepal

Statue of a kneeling figure praying in front of Temple of Wat Sop Sickharam, Luang Prabang, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia