Photo by K-san
The coconuts must be good, for 'rungs' to be nailed on the trunk for easy access?
A peaceful respite in central Vientiane - this section has the feel of a 'wat pa' (forest temple):
Remains of a stupa?
Perimeter wall:
Sunday, August 21, 2011
280707 + 021209 Wat Nongbone - 05 misc
The place where cremations were held, as mentioned here:
Photo by K-san
The coconuts must be good, for 'rungs' to be nailed on the trunk for easy access?
A peaceful respite in central Vientiane - this section has the feel of a 'wat pa' (forest temple):
Remains of a stupa?
Perimeter wall:
Photo by K-san
The coconuts must be good, for 'rungs' to be nailed on the trunk for easy access?
A peaceful respite in central Vientiane - this section has the feel of a 'wat pa' (forest temple):
Remains of a stupa?
Perimeter wall:
280707 + 021209 Wat Nongbone - 04 Pha Lak Pha Lam
Paintings on two of the buildings at the back of the temple compound:
Green monkey flanked by two mermaids:
In front of the other stairs:
With discus & trident in hand, against a backdrop of what looks like the top half of the Singapore flag, albeit missing one star:
Lao meow in Lao wat:
Green monkey flanked by two mermaids:
In front of the other stairs:
With discus & trident in hand, against a backdrop of what looks like the top half of the Singapore flag, albeit missing one star:
Lao meow in Lao wat:
021209 Wat Nongbone - 03 new sim
Not sure if this is a new building or the complete makeover of an old one. For some reason it faces the perimeter wall (towards Pha That Luang) - away from all other buildings in the temple - & with just a few metres between its front entrance & the wall. In July 2007 it was all bare concrete, in December 2009 some progress had been made:
Emaciated Buddha on the rear gable:
At one point during his search for Enlightenment, he ate only one grain of rice (in some accounts, a leaf or a nut) a day, thinking that he could put an end to desire by fasting...only to realise that desire cannot be ended by extreme asceticism.
Main door - before (280707):
Main door - after (021209):
The dashes of white paint on the left pillar haven't changed one bit :P
An aura of whitewash:
Windows so new, the panels still clad in shrinkwrap:
Detail of window/door frames - face in the center might be a kala (kirtimukha), a demon that has no lower jaw & body because it was told by Lord Shiva to eat itself up:
What might be the head of a ramad with horn that looks more like an elephant's trunk?
Emaciated Buddha on the rear gable:
At one point during his search for Enlightenment, he ate only one grain of rice (in some accounts, a leaf or a nut) a day, thinking that he could put an end to desire by fasting...only to realise that desire cannot be ended by extreme asceticism.
Main door - before (280707):
Main door - after (021209):
The dashes of white paint on the left pillar haven't changed one bit :P
An aura of whitewash:
Windows so new, the panels still clad in shrinkwrap:
Detail of window/door frames - face in the center might be a kala (kirtimukha), a demon that has no lower jaw & body because it was told by Lord Shiva to eat itself up:
What might be the head of a ramad with horn that looks more like an elephant's trunk?
280707 Wat Nongbone - 02 pavilion + drum tower
Pavilion:
Monks' quarters:
Temples in Vientiane & Huay Xai have huge multi-storey drum towers, unlike the small little single-storey ones in the temples of Luang Prabang:
Photo by K-san
It was 4:00PM:
Photo by K-san
While hunting for the sim (main chapel) we found these bits & pieces lying around & signs of construction work in progress:
Monks' quarters:
Temples in Vientiane & Huay Xai have huge multi-storey drum towers, unlike the small little single-storey ones in the temples of Luang Prabang:
Photo by K-san
It was 4:00PM:
Photo by K-san
While hunting for the sim (main chapel) we found these bits & pieces lying around & signs of construction work in progress: