Battersea Park on the southern bank of the Thames
photographs by the
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 The Peace Pagoda was a gift to London from the Japanese Buddhist Order, Nipponzan Myohoji, in 1985
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 from Albert Bridge
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 southern bank
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 across the river
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 roof
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 view from park
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| The Pagoda contains a gilded statue of the Buddha on each of its four sides Click on each image for an explanation of the Buddha's mudras (hand gestures)
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Behind the Pagoda lies beautiful Battersea Park 
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The three soldiers are said to be modelled on the three soldier poets, Robert Graves, Wilfred Owen, and Siegfried Sasoon |
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Three Standing Figures by Henry Moore |
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