Cave IV (Pachima Viharaya)

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Curtains surround a seated Buddha statue located in Cave Four (Pachima Viharaya) at Dambulla Cave Temples in Sri Lanka.

The relatively small Western Cave is actually not the most westerly cave – that position belongs to Cave V. The central Buddha figure is seated under a makara torana, with its hands in dhyana mudra (a meditative pose in which the hands are cupped). The small dagoba in the center was broken into by thieves who believed that it contained jewelry belonging to Queen Somawathiya.

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