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  Wat Wang Wiwekaram

 

Thailand

At the hall adjacent to the satellite pagoda of Wat Wang Wiwekaram in Sangkhlaburi (fig.), halfway up the spiral staircase leading up to the raised platform on which the pagoda is built, is a large wooden dhammachakka, i.e. the Buddhist ‘Wheel of Law’ (fig.) that symbolizes the ongoing cycle of cause and effect in ones life, with 24 spokes, representing the hours in a day.

 

At the base of the pagoda, underneath the platform, there is a large hall with around the central support for the pagoda eight cylindrical altars that are set up akin to the Burmese system of an animal-per-day (fig.) which is similar to the Thai sat prajam wan-system (fig.), and each altar is topped with some Buddha images.

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  Wat Wang Wiwekaram