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Mahaparinirvana pedestal
This elongated lotus pedestal at Phra Phutta Monthon in Nakhon Pathom (fig.), a kind normally used for images of a reclining Buddha (fig.), here refers to the demise of the Buddha, which is also known as Mahaparinirvana (fig.).
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