Vat Xiang Thong Raxavolavihan. The Sim or main hall (right), monastery's cave (in front on the left), Pha Man's cell (in the middle on the left), and Buddha's covering cell (at the back on the left). Chromogenic print
The Sim of Vat Xiang Thong Raxavolavihan. This photograph was taken after its restoration in B.E.2536 (A.D.1993) by the Buddhist Sangha, Provincial Administration Office and Department of Information and Culture of Luang Prabang offered a grant for this restoration due to this monastery is the mo...
Monks and novices and lay people from Luang Prabang travel to Pak Xaeng District, Luang Prabang in 1994. The senior monks appear in this photograph, they are Pha Khamchan Virachitta Maha Thela, Abbot of Vat Saen Sukharam (left) and Pha Bunthan Punyakamo, Abbot of Vat Pa Phon Phao (right). Chromog...
Pha Khamchan Virachitta Thera, Abbot of Vat Saen Sukharam posing for a portrait in front of the Sim of Vat Saen Sukharam on his 63 Birthday celebration on the 11th day of the waxing moon of the 11th lunar month B.E.2526, which corresponds to October 16 A.D.1983. Chromogenic print
Lao Buddhist monastery in abroad. Lay people in abroad sent this photograph to Pha Khamchan Virachitta Maha Thela, Abbot of Vat Saen Sukharam for a souvenir. Chromogenic print
A postcard written in Thai "Rabbit, you are a small animal, you are lower than me, you are inferior than me, I am a human, but you are a forest dweller, you are a farmer, you are a common person, but you cannot be free from the death, here is a tomb". It means that not to disdain and separate cas...
Pha Phiew Phassavalo (standing at the back), Abbot of Vat Phuthai Khamxaiyaram at Bom village, Nambak district, Luang Prabang province posing for a portrait with his pupils at the door of the Sim of Vat Phuthai that is being built on August 20, 1992. He sent this photograph to Pha Khamchan Virach...
Pha Khamchan Virachitta Maha Thela, Abbot of Vat Saen Sukharam sits at the open space which is called Abbhokasa in Pali, a kind of Dhudangha practice (the thirteen practices of ascetic monk) during a practice of Parivassakam (annual ritual retreat of purification) at Vat Pa Phon Phao. Chromogenic...
Senior and junior monks of Luang Prabang posing for a portrait in front of the Sim of Vat Pa Phon Phao Vanaram during a practice of Parivassakam (annual ritual retreat of purification) at Vat Pa Phon Phao. Sitting in front are novices who follow their masters, sitting from right: Novice Somsanit ...