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  Phra Angkhirot

 

Thailand

Phra Angkhirot is the name of a Buddha statue (fig.), housed at the ubosot (fig.) of Wat Ratchabophit (fig.) in Bangkok. It is one of a small number of Buddha statues cast on the order of King Mongkhut (fig.), i.e. Rama IV, without an ushnisha or ketumala (fig.), i.e. the protuberance normally found on the head of a Buddha image, and has the flame or rasmie (fig.) placed directly on top of the head.

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