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  Wat Chiang Yeun

 

Thailand

The rust coloured ubosot of Wat Chiang Yeun, in the northern Thai town of Chiang Rai, and its ho rakhang or belfry, built adjacent to it.

 

On each corner, the ordination hall has a large statue of one of the Si Tian Wang, i.e. the Four Heavenly Kings, one for each of the cardinal directions of the world, normally typically found at the entrances of Taoist and Mahayana Buddhist temples, and here depicted in a rather Thai style.

 

  Wat Chiang Yeun

 

  Wat Chiang Yeun

 

The one seen here, on the northeastern corner of the ubosot, is known in Thai as Thao Wesawan Maharaat, i.e. Wetsuwan Maha Raj.

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