Hinduism in the Philippines
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Recent archaeological and other evidence suggests Hinduism has had some cultural, economic, political and religious influence in the Philippines. Among these is the 9th century Laguna Copperplate Insc
Hindu temple in Paco, Manila.
The Agusan image, a golden statue of the Hindu-Buddhist deity, Tara, 9th century.
Statue depicting Shiva as Nataraja.
Agusan image
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The Agusan image is a 2 kg, 21-karat gold statuette, found in 1917 on the banks of the Wawa River near Esperanza, Agusan del Sur, Mindanao in the Philippines, dating to the 9th–10th centuries. The fig
Hinduism in the Philippines
…is the 9th century Laguna Copperplate Inscription found in 1989, deciphered in 1992 to be Kawi script (from Pallava script) with Sanskrit words; the golden Agusan statue (Golden Tara) discovered in another part of Philippines in 1917 has also been linked to Hinduism. There is some growth in the religion as of late…
Four bronze deities from a Vajradhātu Mandala and unearthed in Nganjuk, Java. These figurines share stylistic similarities with the Agusan image.