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His statue is said to have special healing powers; sections of the statue shine with the polish of thousands — if not millions — of hands rubbing away ailments over the centuries.Finally, inside the massive hall, deep in meditation on a massive podium within a ring of giant lotus leaves, is Nara’s celebrated Daibutsu, or Great Buddha.
Highlights include an Indian-style Shaka triad; the Yumechigae (“Dream Changing”) Kannon, said to transform its worshippers’ nightmares into pleasant dreams; and the Kudara Kannon, a graceful, willowy statue named after a region in Korea, whose designer and creator was almost certainly Korean.
And it wasn’t until 1558 that the addition of the huge bells and a weather vane (Giralda in Spanish) in the form of a statue of a beautiful goddess representing Faith, raised the height to 98 m (322 ft).
In the center is a statue of Juan Ponce de León in full regalia that was cast in 1797 from the iron of a British cannon, confiscated after their unsuccessful attack on the city.
Dim electric lights reveal niches at either end that are believed to have housed shrines: One now holds a damaged statue of the elephant-headed god, Ganesha.