Photos by Jimmy Kang: on the map, in Google Earth (KML)

Excellent photo!

Regards from Poland, Monika

Very interesting!

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I just HAD to add this beautiful picture in my fave's! Thanks for posting it Jimmy!:)))

Indonesian Buddha normaly has only one little round dot on his forehead. Simplified curly hair, unlike those in Thai and Laos where some of the design have pointed and sharp hair like one of the local fruit. The head bund is far more pleasing to the eye here than the large one in Myanmar.

This few centuries old Buddha painted with white face and blue eyebrow is fully dressed from head to toe. You can only see his face. Quite often the more important the temple the more they decorate its deity. A typical nepalese way of worshipping its god. This one is probably very important and you aren't allow to smear his face with rice paste, a common practice. Seto Machhendranath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Dressed up like a deity. When you add decorating features on a Buddha image, this is what it turns out to be. Headdress, princely jewellery, cloths, etc plus deco of the surrounding. This is an 800 years old bronze Buddha image at the golden temple in Patan. It is quite common in Nepal to dress up their deities in temples and shrines. So much so sometime it is difficult to tell whether an image is a Syakamuni Buddha or other deities such as Tara. If you ask anyone, they will say it is Buddha, but the Nepalese and tibetian accord many of their saints with the name Buddha, can be very confusing. In Burma too.

This one also located at Swayambhunath temple, seem quite old but there is no indication of it. The monk robe’s drapery over hanging his left shoulder look like pleat that may have branched off into Burma’s Mandalay style. The Burmese may have used this and somehow developed further to look like feminine dress with more pleats. There are a few such found in the Nepalese museum with similar pleat on the shoulder and leg. It has also has a unique feature of mouth not bigger than the width of his nose. Quite few Nepalese style also spotted with small mouth no bigger than the width of the nose. Could be from the same school of thought.

The nepalese like to decorate with elaborate reliefs behind the Buddha image. You can find many such similar decoration in shrines and temples for all other deities as well. It also does show their infamous craftsmanship. This is a small 12th century bronze piece at Patan museum, Nepal.

This is a new piece and made with the awkward right hand, probably copied from early pieces. It also spotted with necklace, a jewellery Buddha wore when he was a prince. Swayambhunath temple. Kathmandu, Nepal.