Wat Rong Khun samsara shows the failures of enlightenment with grotesque "gargoyles"


The approach to Wat Rong Khun has a pond filled with samsara to show the failures of enlightenment with grasping outstretched hands, grotesque, selfish looking "gargolyles" to symbolize how people in hell will suffer from their bad karma.


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Location: Chiang Rai, Thailand
Photo credit: © John Lander / Alamy / Afripics
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