Maya Giving Birth to the Buddha

Cristian Violatti

by Cristian Violatti
published on 09 December 2013

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Maya Giving Birth to the Buddha — Artistic representation of Maya giving birth to the Buddha. This depiction is part of the altar in the "Mother Temple of the Graduated Path to Enlightenment", an Austrian Buddhist temple located at the West Monastic Zone-9 in Lumbini, Rupandehi, Nepal.

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