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  Phrasoot of Siddhartha (mural)

 

Thailand

A mural from the ubosot of Wat Angkaew in Bangkok depicting the birth or Phrasoot of Siddhartha at Lumbini.

 

It features Maha Maya giving birth while holding the branch of a sala tree, in the presence of Indra, who receives the newborn onto a lotus-shaped phaan (fig.), while an assistant holds a chattra over the child's head.

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  Phrasoot of Siddhartha (mural)