Votive Stupa with repeated Buddha images. Temple 12, Nalanda The stupa is decorated with multiple Buddha images, signifying the power and blessings of the godhead. These Buddha images are not, however, all alike: in the bottom row they display bhumisparsha mudra, "touching the earth;" in the row above, dharmachakra mudra, teaching; and in the row above that, dhyana mudra, meditation.