COMPASSIONATE
WELCOME
The life-size figure
of Padmapani, the
bodhisattva (one on the
path to enlightenment) of
compassion, has greeted
visitors to Cave 1 of Ajanta
since the fifth century.
BBENOY BEHL/NATIONAL GEOGRAPHICENOY BEHL /NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
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