These 12 Arhat statues were discovered in a temple I had visited. Arhats are the spiritual practitioners that have reached certain stages of attainment. Most of them have rid off foes of afflictions. Each individual of them have a gift of their own depicted in each of the statue.
There is a growing trend in the number of Buddhism temples in Melbourne. So far I had spotted quite a few in Dandenong, Sprinvale and Yarraville.
All taken by Pentax 43mm.
Beautiful shots James. I notice each statue has something that is not golden in color I see blue. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteYes! I tend to wonder about these small things myself as well.
Deletesuch intensity.
ReplyDeleteJames, are these statues made of bronze? How big are they? The lighting and contrast in these photos is marvelous.
ReplyDeleteYes, bronze. The size were more about 30 cm by 20 cm really. I deliberately tried to take the images without showing the "scale". So people can wonder lol.
DeleteJoliment photographié, tout ce doré.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely beautiful! Great shots too.
ReplyDeleteVery moody and dark captures, James. Wonderful!
ReplyDeleteMany of these statues are quite frankly terrifying. You succeed in making them look very striking.
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