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Buddha head statues are not just the depictions of the head of the Buddha, but the symbolic as well as spiritual representation of the enlightened one's wisdom and knowledge. Though there are many depictions and styles of the buddha heads depending on the region of the origin. These statues of a prince turned religious/spiritual leader is rather known to have encoded symbols in them, which were used in a preliterate, oral culture to pass on the messages of the buddha's teachings and knowledge. The Buddha head statues are normally depicted with curly, short hair, to show that the prince Siddhartha had cut off his topknot is prince-hood and his privileged past. Though the historical accounts and evidence suggest the buddha had a shaved head, the hair of these buddha head statues is neither totally shaved nor long, representing buddha's path of the middle i.e. Life between the extremes of indulgence and mortification.