Fanjing Mountain is an otherworldly place on our planet, where people and our land reach for the heavens, where wildlife makes our Earth theirs, and where the sun and Buddha illuminate our world.

but that he must be a human incarnation of the future Buddha, whose name is Maitreya. Artists in China depicted Cloth Bag as ...

The gold idol of Maitreya Buddha (future Buddha) is three-storey high. The monastery is also noted for one-storey high statues of Avalokitesvara and Manjushri. Down the hill side there is Shankar ...

The monastery also houses a 15m tall statue of Maitreya Buddha - a superlative sight that exudes calmness and compassion. And as you travel deeper into Nubra Valley, 118 kilometres from Leh ...

The main hall included 16 sculptures of Trailokya Vijay, Maitreya, Buddha in Varad, Dharmachakra and Bhumisparsh postures, Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, Parshvanath and Nagaraj sculptures ...