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  Wat Nong Khohng

 

Thailand

Wat Nong Khohng in Chiang Mai features the Four Buddhas of the present aeon, who have already attained Enlightenment.

 

In between each of them stands a pink Garuda (fig.) underneath a golden, royal, multi-layered umbrella called chat (fig.).

 

  Wat Nong Khohng

 

  Wat Nong Khohng

 

The four Buddhas are Kakusandha, facing North; Kassapa, facing South; Konagamana facing East; and Gautama, facing West.

 

In front of the Gautama Buddha stands a gilded statue of the traveling monk Phra Siwalih (fig.).

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