One of the most dramatic conversions to take place in Savatthi was of Angulimala. This notorious outlaw had once been a brilliant student, but his wicked teacher had ordered him to kill one thousand people as payment of his fee. Angulimala murdered 999 people and cut off a finger from each. The fingers were strung in a garland and worn around his neck. To reach his goal of one thousand, he was about to slay his own mother.
Sri Lankan, MahaBodhi Society Vihara, Sanchi, India