Welcom to mavelikara - the Cultural Capital of Central Travancore

Buddha Sculpture

The statues is in seated posture, resembling Padmasana. A feature common to the idols is that hair has not been engraved on the head. Studies by the Archaeology Department have not been able to explain the absence of hair which is common in Buddha statues of the Gandhara and Mathura tradition.

The head has markings resembling a headgear. Though the department has made a pagoda-like structure for the statue, no information on the idol is available to tourists who visit the area. Local people in the area light lamps before the idol.

The idol at Mavelikara is four-foot high and is perhaps, the biggest. The engravings on the head resemble a helmet of Greek statues.

The mark of a sacred thread is visible on the body. Another feature is the marking of a shawl on one shoulder. Here the Archaeological Department has put up a board specifying the age of the statue.

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