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  pae riyan

 

Thailand

Worshippers coming to this 17 meter long reclining Buddha image (fig.) at Wat Yai Chai Mongkhon (fig.) in Ayutthaya to pray.

 

To enhance success they stick a coin at the foot soles of this reclining Buddha image trying to make it stay put without falling off coins on the foot, an act known as pae riyan.

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