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  Wat Phohn Chai

 

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Wat Phohn Chai is a Buddhist temple in the district Dan Sai/Dahn Saai (ด่านซ้าย) of Loei Province, which on its compound also houses the Phi Tah Khohn Museum (fig.), which displays a variety of items related to this annual festival of ghosts known as Phi Tah Khohn (fig.). The main prayer hall of this local village temple houses the principal Buddha statue and its upper walls are decorated with cartoon-like murals in bright colours, depicting scenes from the Totsachat, i.e. the stories about the last ten chaht or lives of the Buddha before his final birth as Prince Siddhartha.

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