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A gallery for the goddess Siddha Lakshmi has been added to the Masterworks Main Page.

There are a handful of deities and figures that are depicted either inside of, or in front of, a mountain cave. For the deities the cave has a special relationship based on the ritual literature. For the other figures it relates to a narrative or historical event.

A page has been created to highlight the relationship of Deities and Stupas. There are a handful of Buddhas and deities that are depicted seated either inside or in front of a stupa. In some cases the stupa is the special attribute for the Buddha or deity, or it relates to a unique situation, narrative or historical event.

A gallery page for the meditational deity Marichi in a Stupa has been added.

The Eight Great Stupas page has been updated with images and additional links.

A gallery for the Kadampa Style Stupa has been created and linked to the Stupa Main Page.

The Stupa Main Page has been updated with additional images and links.

A separate gallery for the Red Tara of Dzigar Terton Dragpo Tsal (1740-1798) has been added.

A Red Tara Gallery containing all types and systems of the red forms of Tara has been added and linked to the main Tara pages.

The Ithyphallic Deities Main Page has been updated with additional images.

The Densatil Sculpture Page has been updated with additional images.

The Changkya Rolpai Dorje Main Page has been updated with additional images and links.

A gallery page describing the black hats of the Tai Situpa has been added with text and images.

The gallery of Cityscapes and Monastery Paintings has been updated with additional images.

A gallery for the Krishna Yamari of the Drigung Kagyu Tradition has been added.

The Footprints & Handprints Page has been updated with additional links and images.

The collection of paintings belonging to the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, has been added to the HAR site. The collection includes three masterworks.

The Ushnishavijaya Masterworks Page has been updated. See the Masterworks Main Page.

The Medicine Buddha Masterworks Page has been updated. See the Masterworks Main Page.

The Eye Clearing Avalokiteshvara Main Page has been updated with additional images.

Although originally a Nyingma practice found in Southern Tibet, the Eye Clearing Avalokiteshvara has grown immensely in popularity in Mongolia. One of the largest images in the Ganden Monastery, Ulan Bator, is this Eye Clearing form of the deity. It is possible that the 8th Jetsun Dampa is principally responsible for the 20th century popularity.