a young monk and a big sculpture in nong kai sculpture park ,


a young monk and a big sculpture in nong kai sculpture park ,this park was build by Luang Poo Boun Leua Sourirat, Today his mummified body can be seen on the third floor of the main building, under a glass hemisphere. Disciples claim his hair still grows and must be cut once in a while!, There are more than one hundred sculptures in the park some of them reaching seven stories up into the sky. Some depict snakes, others images taken from either Theravada or Mahayana Buddhism. Hinduism is well represented too, with images of Shiva and Pavati, Brahma and Vishnu. some sculpture are high up to 30 meters,


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