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  reusi nah mah

 

Thailand

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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