Gilt Brass Sitting Buddha - Vitarka Mudra Material - Papier Mache These boxes were used for

These boxes were used for as money boxes

Tikka is applied to the forehead and the ashes serve as a reminder that all existence eventually ends with ash

These milk pots come from the border of Nepal & India and are around 100 years old

the figure would have returned to the temple

these were used to store candles in the days before electricity

Gilt Brass Sitting Buddha - Vitarka Mudra Material - Papier Mache These boxes were used forThis large bronze Buddha has a serene gaze with painted eyes and lips. Buddha is seated in vitarka mudra, with his right hand raised, index finger touching thumb. and symbolises a constant flow of energy and information. It induces the energy and communicates the teachings and spiritual principles of Buddha. He sits here on his lotus throne, which raises Buddha above the contamination of day to day existence like a lotus flower rising above the water