This awe-inspiring 20 feet tall Kargah budha was craved deep into the flat mountain wall in the 7th century. Ruins of stupas and a monastry are located 400m further from this statue. And the entire archaeological site was discovered in 1939 and is located 10km south of Gilgit City
There is yet another interesting myth about Karga Buddha devised by and famous amongst the local residents. According to the legend, once upon a time there lived an ogress called Yakhshini whom local people wanted to get rid of as it used to eat human flesh. The villagers asked a passing saint for help and the saint was said to have succeeded in pinning her to the rock. The series of whole making the boundary around the Buddha are actually believed pinhole holding ogress tight. Later the saint declared that she won’t bother them as long as the saint was alive. And if they buried the saint at the foothills of the rock, she would never be freed. The saint was said to have buried right below the Buddha statue.
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