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EAP326/22/1/11
- Record Id:
- 041-002429734
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002429722
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100022708816.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP326/22/1/11
- Title:
- Monastery/architecture [1962?]
- Scope & Content:
-
The Sim of Vat Mai Suvannaphumaram.Story: It was built by King Anurut in C.S.1158 (A.D.1796) when he was 82 years old and 24 years as King.In C.S.1183 (A.D.1821) King Mangthaturat, a son of King Anurut repaired and built an another big Buddha and put it behind the one which made by his father. And he also built the terrace at the back of the Sim.In C.S.1253 (A.D.1891) King Sakkarin Khamsuk built two terraces on eastern and western sides of the Sim.In C.S.1257 (A.D.1895) King Sakkarin Khamsuk and the supreme patriarch Somdet Pha Sangkhalat Tan Tissapanya Maha Thela (see photograph No. H8001 and H8008) invited the important Buddha figure Pha Bang from Vat Vixunnarat to establish at Vat Mai.Information from Legend of monasteries in Luang Prabang city by Tiao Khamman Vongkotratana 1964, p.27-28.Decoration in front outside wall of the Sim was done in 1962 by a graet Lan Xang artist, Phia Thit Tan (see No. H0108) with order by King Si Savang Vatthana.Vat Mai used to serve for staying four supreme patriarches of Lan Xang Luang Prabang Kingdom of Laos since 1854 until 1975 such as Somdet Pha Sangkhalat Tan Tissapanya Maha Thera died in C.S.1273 (A.D.1911), Somdet Pha Sangkhalat Pan Panyavuttha Maha Thela died in A.D.1929, Somdet Pha Sangkhalat Khun Rattana Maha Thela died in A.D.1931 and Somdet Pha Sangkhalat Bunthan Dhammayana Maha Thera died in 1984.
Original material consists of: silver gelatine film negative
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Buddhist archive of photography, Luang Prabang, Laos
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002429722
040-002429723
041-002429734 - Is part of:
- EAP326/22 : Collection of photographs at Vat Mai Suvannaphumaram, Luang Prabang, Laos [1955-1960s]
EAP326/22/1 : Cabinet in Vat Mai Suvannaphumaram [1955-1960s]
EAP326/22/1/11 : Monastery/architecture [1962?] - Hierarchy:
- 032-002429722[0001]/040-002429723[0011]/041-002429734
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP326/22
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 TIFF image
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/item/EAP326-22-1-11 (opens in a new tab)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Start Date:
- 1961
- End Date:
- 1963
- Date Range:
- 1962?
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Former External References:
- Z-0011
- Information About Originals:
- Original material is held by the Buddhist Archive of Photography, Luang Prabang.
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)