Chaitya Patan Museum Poster 15" W x 24.5" H

by : Sandesh Maharjan

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Item # CH-PM-01

Chaitya Patan Museum Poster 15" W x 24.5" H

by : Sandesh Maharjan

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Item # CH-PM-01

A chaitya is a Buddhist or Jain shrine including a stupa. In modern texts on Indian architecture, the term chaitya-griha is often used to denote an assembly or prayer hall that houses a stupa. Early Chaitya halls are known from the 3rd century BCE. They generally followed an apsidal plan, and were either rock-cut or freestanding. Chaitya's can be found in old city of Kathmandu valley. This Patan Museum Chaitya Poster measures 15" of width and 24.5" of height perfect for wall decoration.

Height : 24.5 icnhes
Width : 15 inches
Material : Hard Paper

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This exquisitely-wrought temple-like chaitya was undoubtedly destined for a monastery or household shrine. The chaitya is subordinated to the elaborate temple-like substructure, a two-story plinth arranged as a mandala of 20 angles. Each niche in the upper story holds a tiny, movable Transcendent Buddha. Between the projecting tympanums (toranas) at each corner are kinnaras, mythical beings half-bird, half-human. Against the nine-ringed finial are shields embedded with jewels of the color associated with the Buddha enshrined below. The crest jewel, a crystal, represents the Buddha's cranial bump, the ushnisha. The pair of rings beside the finial probably once held a sacred canopy.

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