Buddhist monk, at Wat Khun Aram, Koh Samui, Thailand. Photographed out side entrance to mummified monk Louung Pordaeng.
One Thai Buddhist Monk sitting down in the shade out side the entrance to the Loung Pordaeng the mummified monk is on displayhere in a specially constructed building. After his death more than 20 years ago, he was placed in a meditation position. He still holds that posture and his body shows few signs of decay. Wat Khun Aram is on the 4169 ring road between the Na Muang waterfalls and Hua mummified monk is located in a smaller building in Wat monk known as Dang Piyasilo also Phra Kru venerable ex-abbot of Wat Khunaram on Koh native of Koh Samui he enjoyed a long prosperous family life until he was 50 years old when he decides to devote the last part of his life to the being ordain in1944,he became reknown for his meditation practice for about 20 was also able to foresee his own death in1973 when he was 79 years oldAfter his death his body remained undecomposed so his family and deciples decided to place his body in an upright position with in the casket as requested by him in written keep as a symbol to aspire the future generations to follow Buddhist teachings and be saved from suffering. I'm not sure who put on the shades but very strange indeed and it is a wonder how he didn't decompose in this humidity.
Size: 5400px × 3600px
Location: Wat Khun Aram, Koh Samui, Thailand.
Photo credit: © Simon Bolton / Alamy / Afripics
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