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Title	Avukana standing Buddha statue
Photographer	Bopearachchi, Osmund
Built by	Unknown
Subject	Statues Buddha
Site Location	Avukana, Anurādhapura District, North Central Province
City/Region	Avukana
Country	Sri Lanka
Year Established	Circa 8th century CE
Description	One of five colossal, historic standing Buddha statues in Sri Lanka. It is carved out of the living granite rock and is 11.36 meters high from the double lotus pedestal to the top of the head, and in samabhanga posture. Close-up of the left side, showing the finely chiseled robe with frills with concave ridges.
Publisher	Claremont Colleges Library
Date	2015
Reference	Chandra Wickramagamage, “The Avukana Buddha.” 1st ed. [Colombo]: Academy of Sri Lankan Culture, 1994. Ulrich von Schroeder, “Buddhist Sculpture of Sri Lanka.” Hong Kong: Visual Dharma Publications, 1990. Nandana Chutiwongs, Leelananda Prematilleke and Roland Silva, “Sri Lanka Sculpture: Buddha.” Colombo: Central Cultural Fund, 2007.
Collection	Ancient Buddhist Sites and Royal Residences in Sri Lanka - http://cdm15831.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/p15831coll15
Rights	This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Type	Image
Format	image/jp2
Object File Name	acs00006.jpg

Avukana standing Buddha statue

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