I saw a monk in a hall standing in the morning mist
It was a foggy morning. I had gone into town to see the morning market in the center of town. There are Buddhist temples everywhere in Luang Prabang. There was also a temple near the morning market.
As I peeked into the temple grounds, I saw a small hall beyond the morning mist. At the entrance stood a Buddhist monk clad in an orange robe. Perhaps he had just returned from his morning almsgiving.
As in other temples, the edge of the roof of this temple has a slightly unusual decoration. It looks like horns. This is a temple decoration that can also be seen in Thai temples, and it represents a bird called Garuda that appears in Indian mythology. In Buddhism, it is a divine bird that is believed to fly through the three worlds, the universe, and the world with Buddha on its back.
| Apr 2008 ARCHITECTURE LAOS | |
| DECORATION ENTRANCE FIGURE FOG LUANG PRABANG MONK ROOF TEMPLE |
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PHOTO DATA
No
1609
Shooting Date
Jan 2008
Posted On
April 25, 2008
Modified On
July 1, 2024
Place
Luang Prabang, Laos
Genre
Street Photography
Camera
CANON EOS 1V
Lens
EF85MM F1.2L II USM
