Depicted by the statue is the Buddha Amitābha, a prominent figure in Mahayana Buddhism.

Have you ever really looked at the face of the Buddha? I hadn’t. Not really. I have seen so many statues and paintings of the Buddha, at monasteries, lhakhangs, temples in Thimphu and all over Bhutan.

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