Thailand: Monks, Wat Tham Seua, Krabi Town, Krabi Province, Southern Thailand. Wat Tham Seua, the 'Temple of the Tiger Cave' is built into a cave set in a limestone cliff. Surrounded by individual monk's residences, this is one of southern Thailand's best-known forest temples The main viharn or assembly hall extends into a long, shallow limestone cave displaying various grim reminders of mortality as a counterbalance to worldly desires. At the back of the cave a flight of marble stairs lead up to the 'tiger cave' itself. Within there is a venerated Buddha footprint on a gilded platform.

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