Pha Khamchan Virachitta Thera, Abbot of Vat Saen Sukharam chants auspicious chanting and has lunch at Ms. Phouvan's home in Sydney during a travel to visit his relatives in Australia on February 7, 1983. Chromogenic print
Pha Khamchan Virachitta Thera, Abbot of Vat Saen Sukharam posing for a portrait in front of the Buddhist altar in the Sim of Vat Vixunnarat during a participation in Phithi Upasombot (a monk's ordination), acting as the right-hand prayer for the ordination and he was sprinkled in Phithi Theraphis...
Pha Khamchan Virachitta Thera, Abbot of Vat Saen Sukharam posing for a portrait on the East of Sim of Vat Saen Sukharam on his 65th Birthday celebration on the 11th day of the waxing moon of the 11th lunar month B.E.2528, which corresponds to October 25, 1985. Chromogenic print
Pha Khamchan Virachitta Thera, Abbot of Vat Saen Sukharam posing for a portrait at the time of going to chant auspicious chanting at lay people's home in Luang Prabang, at the age of 66. Chromogenic print
Pha Khamchan Virachitta Thera, Abbot of Vat Saen Sukharam posing for a portrait in Sim of Vat Saen Sukharam on his 68th Birthday celebration in 1988. The monk sitting on his left hand is Pha Thongphet (Pha Thongphet was terminated from monkhood and he now is a teacher at the Buddhist Secondary Sc...
Pha Khamchan Virachitta Thela, Abbot of Vat Saen Sukharam posing for a portrait with photographs of dead senior monks of Luang Prabang who had kindness to him on his 69th Birthday celebration at Sim of Vat Saen Sukharam. On birthday celebration every year, Pha Khamchan will make merit (Het Bun) d...
Important senior monks of Luang Prabang have lunch at Sim of Vat Saen Sukharam before a monk's ordination at Vat Saen Sukharam. From the left: Pha Khamfan Silasangvara Maha Thela, Abbot of Vat Suvannakhili who is the right-hand prayer for the ordination, Somdet Pha Sangkhalat Dhammayana Maha Thel...
Het Bun (merit-making) ceremony at Vat Saen Sukharam. From right to left: Pha Khamchan Virachitta Maha Thela, Abbot of Vat Saen Sukharam, Pha Oun Hueane Hasapanyo of Vat Nong Si Khun Meuang and Pha Chansuk Phongdara of Vat Saen Sukharam and two unidentified laymen. This photograph represents Ph...
Pha Khamchan Virachitta Maha Thela, Abbot of Vat Saen Sukharam posing for a portrait at the Sim of Vat Pha Bath Tai at the time of a participation in Het Bun (merit-making). Chromogenic print
Somdet Pha Luk Keo Silasangvaro (Pha Khamfan Silasangvara Maha Thela, 1901-1987), former abbot of Vat Suvannakhili and Chao Rajakhana Xay (a right-hand of high ecclesiastical rank in the religious hierarchy) of the Board of Buddhist Education of Laos. Photograph was taken at the age of 79, and 59...