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Hindu and Buddhist Reliefs

Carvings and reliefs from ancient temples, featuring deities and scenes significant to Hindu and Buddhist traditions, emphasizing spiritual narratives.

Indonesia, Java, Borobudur, Two-tiered bas relief, showing seated Buddha and followers on top tier, and soldier or king with bow and seated followers below it.
Indonesia, Java, Borobudur, Two-tiered bas relief, showing seated Buddha and followers on top tier, and soldier or king with bow and seated followers below it.
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Carvings at a temple ruin in Vietnam.
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Pillar, Hashshat Mata Temple, Abhaneri, Rajasthan, India, Asia
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Carved statues on a gopuram, Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple, Trivandrum, Kerala, India
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A more important figure in the temples of Copan Ruinas. Honduras
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Buddha on marble wall
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Close view of stupa 2 carved medallions decorate surrounding walls, Sanchi 46Kms northeast of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India Copyright: xHarixMahidhar/DinodiaxPhotox
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Arjunas penance in Mahabalipuram Mamallapuram Tamil Nadu India Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox
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Sri Ranganathaswamy temple at Tiruchirapalli trichy Tamil Nadu India Copyright: xDuttagupta/DinodiaxPhotox
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RETABLO MAYOR DE LA CATEDRAL DE SEVILLA CONSTRUIDO ENTRE 1482 Y 1564. Author: PEDRO DANCART o PIERRE DANCART-ESCULTOR SIGLO XV. Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR. Sevilla. Seville. SPAIN.
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White marble religious icon carvings at The Ranakpur Jain Temple at Desuri Tehsil in Pali District of Rajasthan, India
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Laos, Luang Prabang, Wat Xien Thong, intricately carved temple wall.
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Collection of remains of the Buddhist center of Dong Duong, Cham Museum, Da Nang, Vietnam, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Stone Carving, The Queen Of Heaven Temple, Historic Relics, Lu Kung, Zhanghua, Taiwan, Asia,
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The Ramayana is a story as old as time and - at least in the Indian subcontinent and across much of Southeast Asia - of unparalleled popularity. More than two thousand three hundred years ago the scholar-poet Valmiki sat down to write his definitive epic of love and war. The poem Valmiki composed is styled the Ramayana, or 'Romance of Rama' in Sanskrit. In its present form, the Sanskrit version consists of some 24,000 couplets divided into seven books. The Ramakien is the Thai version of this epic and has an important influence on Thai literature, art and drama. It is regarded as the National Epic of Thailand. Originally built in the 16th century, Wat Pho is Bangkok's oldest temple. King Rama I of the Chakri Dynasty (17361809) rebuilt the temple in the 1780s. Officially called Wat Phra Chetuphon, it is one of Bangkok's best known Buddhist temples and is nowadays a major tourist attraction, located directly to the south of the Grand Palace. Wat Pho is famed for its Reclining Buddha and
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View of carved stone statues of seated figures emanate ancient serenity under soft light, whispers of history etched in every detail, Taxila, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
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Ganesha and Avatar Incarnation of Vishnu Bas reliefs in Badami, Karnataka, South India, India, Asia
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Carving Sculpture of Varaha in Front of Bhand Devara Temple, Bansthuni, Baran, Rajasthan, India. Carving Sculpture of Varaha in Front of Bhand Devara Temple, Bansthuni, Baran, Rajasthan, India. Copyright: xZoonar.com/RealityImagesx 21290003
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Drum panel with Great Departure and Temptation of the Buddha scenes first half of the 3rd century India, Nagarjunakonda, Gunter District, Andhra Pradesh The lower scene shows Siddhartha on horseback leaving his father's palace in order to seek enlightenment. A groom leads the horse, whose hoofs are supported by ganas (semi-divine dwarves), so the people of the palace will not be awakened. The other figures are divine beings that have come to witness his departure from the material world. Above, the Buddha's enlightenment at Bodhgaya is shown. The evil god Mara attempts to thwart Siddhartha first by sending his beautiful daughters to tempt him and then by attacking the Buddha with his army of demons, here shown as ganas brandishing weapons and riding an elephant.. Drum panel with Great Departure and Temptation of the Buddha scenes. India, Nagarjunakonda, Gunter District, Andhra Pradesh. first half of the 3rd century. Limestone. Ikshvaku period. Sculpture
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Thailand, Bangkok Amulet Market. Local religious amulets, charms, talismans and traditional medicines market. Detail of golden amulets, worn around the neck to avoid misfortune.
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Banteay Srei (or Banteay Srey) is a 10th century Cambodian temple dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva and is located to the north-east of the main group of temples at Angkor. Banteay Srei is built largely of red sandstone, a medium that lends itself to the elaborate decorative wall carvings which are still observable today. Banteay Srei is sometimes referred to as the 'jewel of Khmer art.'.
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Detail, Figure on pillars of Kadalekalu Ganesha Temple, Hampi, India, Asia
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Panels on the Mahanavami Dibba wall in Royal Enclosure in Hampi, Karnataka, South India, India, Asia. UNESCO World Heritage Site, Asia
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Banteay Srei, Angkor Wat complex, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Statues Of Jain Gods Gwalior Madhya Pradesh India
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Benches with carved lions in the chapel of the Baroque Mair am Hof residence, 1690-1700, Folklore Museum in Dietenheim, Bruneck, Puster Valley, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy.
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Carved figures on Jain Temple, Jaisalmer, India
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Detailed stone carving, Somapura Mahavihara (Paharpur Buddhist Bihar), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Paharpur, Naogaon District, Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh
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Kubutambahan, temple Pura Meduwe Karang
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Geschnitzter Eingang zum garbhagriha Allerheiligstes des Bhuteshwara Shiv-Tempels in Kadwaya, Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh, Indien. Carved entrance to the garbhagriha sanctum sanctorum at Bhuteshwara Shiv Temple, located in Kadwaya, Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh, India. Copyright: xZoonar.com/RealityImagesx 22431237
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Garuda statue at the 15th-century Javanese-Hindu temple, Candi Sukuh, Central Java, Indonesia
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the wood carving work at the Wood Sanctuary of Truth Temple in the city of Pattaya in the Provinz Chonburi in Thailand. Thailand, Pattaya, November, 2018. THAILAND PATTAYA SANCTUARY OF TRUTH
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Carving Pillar With Mythological Stories, Sri Mallikarjuna Gudi Pattadakal, Bagalkot, Karnataka, India. Carving Pillar With Mythological Stories, Sri Mallikarjuna Gudi Pattadakal, Bagalkot, Karnataka, India. Copyright: xZoonar.com/RealityImagesx 21701102
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Haw Phra Bang temple. Mural depicting the life of Buddha. Luang Prabang. Laos.
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Wheel of chariot of god sun at Sun temple, Orissa, India Unesco World Heritage site Copyright: xAnilxDave/DinodiaxPhotox
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A bas relief tablet showing the Hindu monkey god Hanuman, Hampi, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Karnataka, India, Asia
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Mayan symbolic monument Mayan symbolic monument, Ceremonial Plaza Oxlajuj B aqtun, next to the cemetery, Chichicastenango , El Quiché, Guatemala, Central America Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 22071827
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Wheel of chariot of god sun at Sun temple, Orissa, India Unesco World Heritage site Copyright: xAnilxDave/DinodiaxPhotox
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Statues of Hindu deities on view in front of a roadside trader s shop in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, Asia Copyright: JohnxHarden 722-200
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Exhibition at the Phimai National Museum, Phimai, Korat, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Isan, Isaan, Thailand, Asia
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Mani stones with Tibetan mantras, Hunder, Nubra Valley, Ladakh, Indian Himalayas, Jammu and Kashmir, northern India, India, Asia
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