AIZUWAKAMATSU, Fukushima Prefecture — A massive custom-made "face mask", weighing 77 pounds, was placed on a giant Buddhist goddess statue in Japan to pray for the end of the coronavirus pandemic. The ...
A visitor views a replica of a Kannon Bodhisattva statue during the Dunhuang Art Exhibition at the National Art Museum of China. Story at a glance The Buddhist goddess Kannon, or Kanzeon Bosatsu, is ...
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