Wat Phohn Chai is
a Buddhist temple in
the district Dan Sai/Dahn Saai (ด่านซ้าย) of
Loei
Province, which on its compound also houses the Phi Tah
Khohn Museum
(fig.),
which displays a variety of items related to this annual
festival of ghosts known as
Phi Tah Khohn
(fig.).
The main prayer hall of this local village temple houses
the principal Buddha statue and its upper walls are
decorated with cartoon-like murals in bright colours,
depicting scenes from the
Totsachat,
i.e. the stories about the last ten
chaht or lives of the
Buddha before his final
birth as Prince
Siddhartha.
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