{"id":6323,"date":"2023-03-21T01:33:14","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T20:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=6323"},"modified":"2025-03-27T14:07:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T08:37:24","slug":"sandalwood-buddha-statue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/sandalwood-buddha-statue\/","title":{"rendered":"Sandalwood Buddha Statue"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About the Sandalwood Buddha statue:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Buddha figure, made of pure sandalwood, has hand carvings along with traditional designs and natural scenes.<\/li>\n<li>In this posture, Buddha is sitting in <strong>\u2018dhyana mudra\u2019<\/strong> under the Bodhi tree.\n<ul>\n<li>The \u2018dhyana mudra\u2019 is the mudra of meditation and the attainment of spiritual perfection.<\/li>\n<li>According to tradition, this mudra derives from the one assumed by the Buddha when meditating under the <strong>Bodhi tree before his enlightenment<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The obverse of the image has an intricate carving of the Bodhi tree.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Kadamwood Jali Box<\/strong> in which the statue was encased is also considered auspicious in Indian culture.<\/li>\n<li>The art of sandalwood carving is an exquisite and ancient craft that has been practised in Karnataka for centuries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Key facts about the sandalwood tree<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Indian Sandalwood is a <strong>dry deciduous forest species <\/strong>native to China, India, Indonesia, Australia, and the Philippines<\/li>\n<li>It has been an important part of Indian culture for centuries and is widely regarded as one of the most valuable and prized woods in the world.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Major Growing areas in India:<\/strong> Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Bihar, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Tamil Nadu.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is special about Kadambawood?<\/h3>\n<p>Kadamba or Kadam is honored with a scientific name \u2013 \u201cNeolamarckia cadamba,\u201d also commonly known as \u201cBur flower tree.\u201d It is a fast-growing, evergreen tropical tree with unique flowers native to South and Southeast Asia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/cities\/delhi\/pm-modi-fumio-kishida-buddha-statue-japanese-pm-india-visit-gifts-8510006\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>PM Modi gifts sandalwood Buddha statue to Japanese PM Fumio Kishida<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buddha figure, made of pure sandalwood, has hand carvings along with traditional designs and natural scenes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6324,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6323","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}