| A professor of Traditional Art Super College of Kyoto, Kosho Sudo carves
eye of Buddha statue on December 5, 2011 in Kyoto, Japan. The Buddha
statue is being made of pine from Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, hit
by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. About 5,000 people have so far
contributed to the carving of the 270 cm high, 180 cm deep statue. When
the Buddha statue is finished it will be given to the world famous
Kiyomizu Buddhist temple to be displayed to the public from March 11,
2012. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)
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