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RELIGION & MYTHOLOGY

 

 

 

  seven lotus steps of the Buddha

 

Thailand

A unique statue of prince Siddhartha taking seven steps immediately after his birth, causing lotus flowers to bloom wherever he touched the earth. At his birth the newborn prince in traditional iconography points with his finger to the sky.

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