photo by: Robert Swetz Bagan Myanmar (Burma) May - 2008
This has to be one of the strangest statues of Buddha that I have ever seen.
As I was walking around in Bagan waiting for a buggy ride to the next temple I came across this statue inside a small structure very close to the road.
As I looked inside the structure I saw was this Buddha statue, at first I didn't think nothing of it, but as I got closer I saw this strange looking head in the chest of the statue of Buddha.
What I was wondering was this head inside the Buddha statue put inside the chest cavity while the statue was built or some time after? And why was the head put inside the Buddha statue.
At the time I took the photograph I want to ask quetions and find out but their were to many Burmese trying to sell me tourist junk so I just wanted to get out of the area.
This statue dates back approximately 1000 years.
If anyone knows the reason for this creepy looking head put inside this statue please let me know?
Robert Swetz
PS, The white spot on the cheak of the head, could that be a ghost of some sort?
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