261206 Wat Mahathat - doors & pillars

Main door of ສິມ (sim - not sure if congregation/assembly hall is best translation):



Side doors:



Panel of side door:



Pediment above side door:



Pillars, with different gold-stencilled designs...





...& naga eave brackets:

261206 Wat Mahathat - ceiling & roof

Stencilled with gold paint above the front wall of the congregation hall:



Moths or butterflies?



Some kinda bird (left) & no-idea-what (right) - hence no idea which orientation it should have!



Devas, bird & bat:



Chinese dragon & a crab-like sun?



yot sor faa on the ridge of the roof, with a hongsa at either end:



chor faa (roof finial):





They are installed during a special ceremony as part of the temple building construction process, but now many end up mounted & sold as antiques for display in hotels & homes...