LIT390021 Avalokitesvara figure from the Srivijaya Period, found in Chaiya, Thailand, 9th-10th century (bronze) by Srivijaya (7th-13th Century); height: 65 cm; Bangkok National Museum, Bangkok, Thailand; (add.info.: Srivijaya was a powerful ancient Malay empire based on the island of Sumatra, modern day Indonesia, which influenced much of Southeast Asia; Sriwijaya; Avalokitesvara is a bodhisattva who embodies the compassion of all Buddhas and is one of the more widely revered bodhisattvas in mainstream Mahayana Buddhism;); Photo 穢 Luca Tettoni; out of copyright.