There's Bodhidharma at the back.
When Bodhidharma reached China, the Emperor of China came
to receive him on the border.
After his father's death, Bodhidharma started spreading the knowledge
and beliefs of Buddhism throughout India under the guidance of his mentor.
Bodhidharma said,"I follow that one who was never born,
never walked on the earth, never uttered a single word, never died.
Under the Zen sect of Buddhism, portraiture of priests such as Bodhidharma became popular as well as scroll calligraphy
and sumi-e brush painting.
Bodhidharma, a Pallava prince, travelled to China in 642 AD
and became not only an icon in China but also the 28th patriarch of Buddhism.
This is consistent with the
Southeast Asian traditions which also describe Bodhidharma as a former South Indian Tamil prince
who had awakened his kundalini and renounced royal life to become a monk.
I also visited the Hualin Temple,
which marks the arrival of Indian monk Bodhidharma to China in 6 century AD
and stands testimony to the close cultural and historical linkages that bind our two countries together.