a close-up of the famous reclining Buddha of Polonnaruwa.
The Buddha statue lying on its stone cushion is actually 14 metres long.
By the way, the reclining Buddha depicts the moment when Buddha enters the Nirvana - at the end of his life.
A sitting and a standing Buddha statue are nearby.
The Month of Photography extends today to other European capitals. This first event organised with Berlin and Vienna precedes a great European Month which will join together in 2006, Bratislava, Moscow and Rome. For this first edition supported by the Culture 2000 programme of the European Union, each city organizes in November its own program. Adopting a common communication, ... more ...
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