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The only Mahayana deity that has entered the worship of ordinary Buddhists in Theravada Buddhism is Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara. In Sri Lanka, he is known as Natha-deva and is mistaken by the majority for the Buddha yet to come, Bodhisattva Maitreya. The figure of Avalokitesvara is usually found in the shrine room near the Buddha image. [19]
The statues date back to the 10th century. The gigantic Buddha statue still bears traces of its original stuccoed robe and a long streak of orange suggests it was once brightly painted. The central of the three figures to the Buddha's right is thought to be the Buddhist mythological figure-the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara.
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Statues of Avalokitesvara, Maitreya, Manjushri and Tara can be seen at Buduruwagala. [1] Kushtharajagala Bodhisattva statue of Weligama is another example for Sri Lankan Bodhisattva images. [1] Another fine Tara image can be seen at Colombo National Museum. This statue of Seated Tara was found from Kurunegala district. It is dated to 8th–9th ...
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But sometimes they were the main figure in an image, and they developed their own iconography. After about 600, they became increasingly prominent, and in art for Vajrayana uses began to replace images of the historical Buddha. Images of Avalokiteśvara, the bodhisattva of compassion, might be mistaken for Gautama. [14]
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