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In the votive stupas, niches house idols of Buddha in Bhumisparsa and Dhyana mudras and deities like Arapachana, Avalokitesvara, and Chunda. Archaeologists Professor Subrat Acharya and K.

Buddha's hands are usually depicted in one of six attitudes, or 'Mudras'. Here is a guide to decoding these gestures, which are illustrated in the images above (clockwise from top left): ...