Dhammekasathoup (now Saranath) in Pharanasi, India. It was where the Buddha gave Dhammacakkappavattansutta (the first sernon) for Pancavaggiya (the five ascetics: Annakondanna, Vappa, Bhaddhiya, Mahanama and Assaji). This postcard is from the collection of Sathou Khamchan Virachitto, the Abbot o...
Sathou Nyai Khamchan Virachitta Mahathera (Abbot of Vat Saen Sukharam) and Sathou Phor Ouan Aphakaro from France (left) are posing inside Mengle Museum with a Lao man who took them for a tour during their visit to Chieng Houng, Sipsongbana in Yunan, China, in May 2005. Original material consis...