Dark stone sculpture of six-armed deity anointed with offerings of pigment and flowers

Vasudhara, in the shrine known as Vasupura adjacent to the Svayambhu chaitya

Location: Kathmandu, Nepal
Dimensions: height from its lotus base to the apex approx. 29 ½ in. (75 cm)
Photo Credit: photograph by Manika Bajracharya, 2002, provided by Lotus Research Centre, Lalitpur

This image of the Buddhist goddess of fertility and plenitude is seen here as it appears after it has been worshipped by the faithful as part of their circumambulation of the chaitya.

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Vasudhara, in the shrine known as Vasupura adjacent to the Svayambhu chaitya

Vasudhara, in the shrine known as Vasupura adjacent to the Svayambhu chaitya

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