Besides being a Buddhist place of
worship
featuring several
Buddha images,
wat pah
Kham Chanoht
in
Udonthani
is also dedicated to veneration of the
naga,
and in addition to an elongated
naga-bridge (fig.)
statues of this mythical serpent
are also abundantly present all over
the compound, both in snake form and in semi-human form, as in these depictions
of the female
Chao Yah Sri Patum Mah
Naki (fig.) and male
Chao Poo Sri Sutho
Nagaraat
(fig.) that
make up the balustrade of this silver-white edifice that houses a Buddha statue
in the
naakprok
pose (fig.). |