This is a sandstone statue of Buddha under a Naga shelter, it originated from the Banan Temple Battambang Province, from where it was taken and registered into the collection of the National Museum of Cambodia in 1924.
Khmer experts have determined it belong to the 11th or 12th century Angkorian period. Buddha sits cross-legged in meditation under a Naga. In meditation, his right palm rests on the left. The entire face is coated with gold pigment, and his eyes are closed while he meditates under the delicately carved shelter of Naga Mukhalinda.
The Naga emerged from a lake and used its coil to support Buddha, and it expended head to shield him while in meditation from stormy rain that had been pouring down for seven days and seven nights. He wears a crown that has five-tiered and a circlet on his head. The decoration appears to be restrained which characteristic of Buddha statues of Mahayana Buddhism. Especially those in the Angkor Wat style, sculpted during the Angkorian era. If you wish to listen the story of Buddha sheltered by Naga.