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Dear Valerie J Roebuck

I give below the complete text of Mr s.Theodore Bhaskaran's letter to

the Editor The Hindu,14.02.2006:

"The two statues in the photograph ..are not that of the Buddha.The

Buddha icon will have a robe acrossthe torso and an 'ushnisha' (a

flame) on top of the head.These two figures are no doubt two different

Jain Tirthankaras, both featured nude.The triple umbrella over one

statue and the Lion 'lanchana' on the pedestal of the other clearly

show they are tirthankaras.Each tirthankara had a lanchana(sign)

,which is featured below the statue.

Because all Tirthankaras are in the nude, it is the lanchana

(sign) that would

identify the tirthankara.The statue on the left is that of Mahavira

, the last of the 24 tirthankaras whose lanchana is the lion.This is

clearly featured below the figure.The statue

on the left is that of the 22nd

tirthankara,Neminatha,whose lanchana , the conch, is featured on the

pedestal. It was a common feature

in Tamil Nadu to have two or three

Tirthankaras in worship at a Jain 'basdi'.(end of letter)

The ASI,Chennai(Madras) replied to the above letter ,published in the

Hindu on 18.02.2006, reiterating its original stand that 'they are

Buddhas', after all.

 

Hari

Telicherry

Kerala

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