The Logo used in this Site is a detail from Buddhist sculptural art selected and designed by Kusana Mañjusri. The following is an explanation of it by him:
This Symbol, Commonly known as Nandipada or Trivanta, is one of the few very early Buddhist Symbols that is met with in Buddhist art. It was used well before the Buddha statue was created. It symbolically represents the Master in sculptures in Sañchi, India, 1st century B.C.E. It stands for Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha. Nandipada also could mean the footprint of the Auspicious One or the footprint of the Welfarer. The earliest mention of this symbol in writing is from Padana Hill, near Mumbai (Bombay), India, in Brahmi Script. It is found in many of the early archaeological sites with the stone footprint of the Buddha, along with eight auspicious symbols and belong to the early period of the Ariya Sangha in Sri Lanka. The centre circle represents the wheel. The parasol or the chatra at the top of the Nandipada, represents the bestowing of royal patronage to the Master’s teaching. This Nandipada design is from a footprint of the Buddha found on a rock slab in the Colombo National Museum, Sri Lanka.
Kusana Mañjusri is an artist, and a diploma holder from the Post Graduate Institute of Archaological Research, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. He is currently engaged in the study of comparative philology of archaic languages. He is the son of the well known artist, L.T.P. Mañjusri.