The
pose, also known as
pahng pathom thetsanah,
symbolizes the
Buddha's
first public discourse of his doctrine which was given
to five ascetics at
Mrigadava,
a deer park in Sarnath,
hence the depictions of two deer and the five
panjawakkih
at the base of the
statue. |
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Wat Phraphuttha Saengtham |
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