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  Wat Wang Wiwekaram

 

Thailand

Wat Wang Wiwekaram (fig.) is a temple located on a hill side near the banks of the Khao Laem reservoir (fig.) in Sangkhlaburi, and is situated a good distance away from the temple's pagoda.

 

This gilded satellite pagoda, seen here in the distance at the lakeside, is erected in the style of the Maha Bodhi pagoda in Bodhgaya (fig.) and is a local landmark that is noticeable from afar and doubles as a beacon for any boat traveling on the lake.

 

  Wat Wang Wiwekaram

 

  Wat Wang Wiwekaram

 

The temple's viharn is a spacious building and houses a gilded Buddha image in the maravijaya position, the most common mudra in Thai Buddhist art, though with a strange combination, in that the Buddha is seated on the snake Muchalinda whilst performing this mudra (fig.).

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