Thai. ‘Temple of the seven sugar palm panicles’. Name of a Buddhist temple in Angthong that features a life-sized bronze Buddha image in a standing pose, which is able to float on water, and which is known as Luang Pho Loi (fig.), literally ‘Floating Luang Pho’. To demonstrate this ability, the temple has a special hangar-like hall with a large basin in which this bronze Buddha image is regularly put in the water, horizontally. Despite its heavy weight, said to be around 300 kilograms, the over a century old bronze Buddha statue will not sink to the bottom but rather float on the surface of the water, believed by some to be a supernatural event, though since it is hollow and sealed off at the bottom, there is of course nothing odd about this. Other attractions in the temple include statues of prominent Buddhist monks, some life-sized and made from wax, as well as two large resin statues of highly venerated Buddhist monks (fig.), i.e. Luang Poo Thuad and Luang Poo Toh, while the temple's outdoor surroundings feature statues of characters, animals and objects from religion, legend and mythology, including one of Shin U Pagok (fig.). See also cho and ton taan, as well as TRAVEL PICTURE. 回