Wat Tham Pha Daen
is a Buddhist temple in
Sakon Nakhon
located on a cliff overlooking the area and which
besides various religious
bas-reliefs
carved out into the bedrock of the
cliff also
features the Maha
Rajanahkahb Rirak
Buddha image
which is seated in the
pahng nahg prok
pose on a coiled seven-headed
naga.
From the head to the tail
tip, the naga
is 139
meter long and the tail runs along the rocks of the
cliff over a large part of the complex.
Wat Tham Pha
Daen
Wat Tham Pha
Daen
The tail passes
by several rock carvings, including a large
Buddhapada and
bas-reliefs
of the
Buddha
and the
Hindu
deity
Shiva,
and ends up in the temple's lush, tropical, landscaped
garden.
It
passes another giant bolder topped with a rock
reminiscent of the Golden Rock in
Myanmar (fig.)
and with carvings on all sides, including of senior
monks,
a
reclining Buddha
and a
Garuda.