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It's a nice picture, but I wonder what basis there is for saying that it is a picture of Avalokiteshvara. The figure just doesn't have any distinguishing features that would identify it as Avalokiteshvara, as opposed to some other bodhisattva or holy person.

The 9th-century statue from Nalanda kept in the National Museum in New Delhi (Acc. No. 59.528) currently used as the main picture of the article does not represent Avalokiteshvara but Manjushri as made clear by his five-knot hair dress, his tiger tooth necklace, and his holding an utpala flower, not to mention the iconography of his wrathful assistant. The picture should be changed for one that actually represents Avalokiteshvara. 145.107.187.47 (talk) 12:17, 2 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thousand-Armed Avalokiteśvara in the Shingon school mandalas belongs to the family of Vairocana Buddha, not Amitabha Buddha - https://archive.org/details/170338465-the-thousand-armed-avalokitesvara/page/n180/mode/1up ~2026-43441-2 (talk) 17:40, 20 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]