Explore: Buddhist Ceremonial Objects

Ceremonial drums are membranophones and idiophonic slit drums, which are played in a ritual context cult, religious or ceremonial social occasions by

ya an "Evil-Destroying Arrow"). Since then, hama yumi have been used in Buddhist and Shinto rituals of purification (i.e., Shihōbarai, 四方払い, the Purification/Sweep

and bodhi trees. Public group chanting for devotional and ceremonial is common to all Buddhist traditions and goes back to ancient India where chanting

jewelry, but by the end of the Kofun period functioned as ceremonial and religious objects. Magatama first appeared in Japan in the Final Jōmon period

 441. ISBN 978-0-19-989556-4. "Georgieva-Russ, Nelly. Esoteric Buddhist Ritual Objects of the Koryŏ Dynasty (936-1392)" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the

Buddhist monasteries and temples erect ceremonial poles known as tagundaing to celebrate the submission of nats (local animistic spirits) to Buddhist

fire pots to intricately carved silver or gold vessels, small table top objects a few centimetres tall to as many as several metres high. Many designs

auspicious objects known as Ashtamangala. Ankusha is also an attribute of many Hindu gods, including Ganesha. (Hindu mythology, Jainism, Buddhist mythology)

earliest Buddhist cult practice focused on these three objects". Among the earliest and most common Buddhist symbols found in these early Buddhist sites

gallery to allow ceremonial processions around the sacred space. Unique samples of Buryat art, as thangkas, sculptures, and ritual objects are gathered and