A statue of
reusi nah mah,
i.e. a hermit
or recluse with
the head of a
horse.
He is especially worshipped by people born on a Monday,
even though the
horse normally is the animal for Tuesday in the
sat prajam wan
system (fig.).
This statue stands at
Wat Tham Pah Acha Thong,
a forest temple
in
Chiang Rai
famous for its
monks and novices who do their daily alms begging round
on horse back (fig.),
and whose name translates as ‘Golden Horse Jungle Cave
Temple’.
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