This is a musical statue...by tapping on one hand, you can hear a tone through the other hand. Supposedly, they aren't hollow, but it's the way they are constructed. It was really neat. The statue was blackened by people's hands over the years. I was thinking about how tactile this religion is...these deities are so old--in the U.S. you cannot even touch anything in a museum. Here, you can not only touch it, but smear rice flour and sandlewood paste and vermillion powder on it. They even coat some statues in Ghee (butter). This is the way it's been done for thousands of years.
The bustle of life outside the temple was colorful.
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