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Mount Phousi

Posted by Annette Johnson on April 10, 2018

Posted in: Lao People's Democratic Republic. Tagged: #culture, #destination, #golden, #heritage, #landmark, #religion, #road, #sky, #temple, #tourism, #tradition, #traditional, #travel, #view, asian, attraction, buddhist, buildings, green, horizontal, khan, landscape, lao, laos, light, luang, mekong, mount, mountain, nature, phou, phousi, phu, prabang, river, si, sights, southeast, streets, sun, town, tranquil, tree, unesco, viewpoint. Leave a comment

During my travels round Laos in 2013 I visited Luang Prabang and visited Mount Phousi and enjoy the stunning views of Laos. I hope you enjoy it too!

Street Art in Kuala Terengganu

Posted by Annette Johnson on April 10, 2018

Posted in: Malaysia. Tagged: #culture, #festival, #landmark, #outdoor, #people, #religion, #sky, #street, #tourism, #tourist, #traditional, #travel, abstract, asian, attraction, business, colorful, cooking, crowd, cuisine, dark, decoration, delicious, downtown, evening, famous, festive, food, glow, grill, holiday, light, Malaysia, market, night, night market, nightlife, restaurant, retro, sell, shop, terengganu, twilight. Leave a comment

An amazing selection of street art in this old China town in Kuala Terengganu in Malaysia. This are a great place to wander around and take photos and eat amazing food and meet lovely people

Sappha Sang Won Chedi

Posted by Annette Johnson on April 10, 2018

Posted in: Thailand. Tagged: #culture, #destination, #heritage, #holy, #landmark, #old, #palace, #religion, #sculpture, #sky, #statue, #symbol, #temple, #tourism, #tourist, #traditional, #travel, #worship, asian, attraction, buddha, buddhism, buddhist, chedi, church, decoration, faith, famous, historic, historical, history, pagoda, popular, pray, religious, repair, respect, sanctuary, spiritual, stupa, thai, Thailand, wat. Leave a comment

Another amazing place in the Isaan Region

Wat Sala Loi-Nakhon Ratchasima

Posted by Annette Johnson on April 10, 2018

Posted in: Thailand. Tagged: #grass, #landmark, #ornament, #outdoor, #religion, #temple, #traditional, #travel, #white, #worship, buddhism, buddhist, church, decoration, design, faith, garden, gardening, green, korat, landscape, loi, monk, nakhon, northeast, outside, pagoda, palm, plant, ratchasima, religious, sala, salaloi, salaloy, scene, shrine, style, suranaree, thai, Thailand, tranquil, tree, wat. Leave a comment

Wat Sala Loi, built in 1827 by Thao Suranari and her husband. The highlight to visit here is to see The ancient convocation hall. The hall inside the temple is in an applied Thai style in the shape of a junk riding the waves, the buildings was decorated by local Dan Kwian clay tiles to tell the life of Lord Buddha. The door is made of metal with raised designs of the Buddhist tale and the hall houses a large standing white Buddha image.

Sankar Pagodas

Posted by Annette Johnson on April 10, 2018

Posted in: Myanmar. Tagged: #culture, #destination, #heritage, #landmark, #old, #religion, #site, #sky, #temple, #tourism, #travel, #view, #worship, amazing, archaeological, brick, buddhism, Burma, burmese, civilization, dry, famous, historical, inle, interest, mwetaw, Myanmar, pagoda, panorama, paya, place, ruins, samka, samkar, sankar, scenery, scenic, season, shan, stupa, takhaung, tharkong, tour, touristic, wallpaper, zone. Leave a comment

The Famous floating Pagodas of Sankar, which sadly due to the droughts that Myanmar recieve are now not floating

Wat Ban Rai

Posted by Annette Johnson on April 10, 2018

Posted in: Thailand. Tagged: #culture, #gold, #golden, #landmark, #monument, #old, #outdoor, #outdoors, #religion, #sculpture, #statue, #symbol, #temple, #tourism, #traditional, #travel, #worship, asian, attraction, attractive, ban, big, buddha, buddhism, buddhist, church, clouds, east, elephant, famous, figure, monk, nakhon, nakhonratchasima, outside, pagoda, rai, ratchasima, sanctuary, style, thai, Thailand, wat, wood. Leave a comment

Wat Ban Rai (วัดบ้านไร่) is a wonderful and marvellous elephant-shaped Buddhist temple, located between Korat and Chaiyaphum in Nakhon Ratchasima, northeastern Thailand.

Located in the middle of a lake comprising an area of 48,562 square meters, it is one of the most fascinating temples in Thailand. Besides its stunning design in the shape of an elephant, Wat Ban Rai features amazing paints and statues.

The temple was conceived by the revered monk Luang Phor Koon Parisuttho พระเทพวิทยาคม (คูณ ปริสุทฺโธ), who passed away at 92 on Saturday May 16, 2015. Wat Ban Rai is one of the most significant temples for Isan people as well for all Thais.

Worshippers from across the country come there to pay their respect to Luang Phor Khoon. Wat Ban Rai is a 100 million baht temple (around 2,626,000 euros) which was built from donations and personal contributions.

Sri Chamundeshwari Temple

Posted by Annette Johnson on April 10, 2018

Posted in: Indian Subcontinent. Tagged: #culture, #god, #hindu, #hinduism, #holy, #india, #indian, #landmark, #palace, #religion, #statue, #temple, #tourism, #tower, #traditional, #travel, #worship, amazing, asian, beauty, chamundeshwari, chamundeswari, chamundi, decoration, deity, diversity, famous, historical, history, idol, karnataka, lakshmiramana, mysore, ornate, place, religious, shiva, shrine, south, spiritual, spirituality, sri, swamy, touristic, varahaswamy, vertical. Leave a comment

Sri Chamundeshwari temple is the most famous temple in Mysore, a city in the Southern state Karnataka. It is located on the top of Chamundi hill which is about 3,489 ft. above sea level and situated at a distance of 13 kms from Mysore. Named after the Goddess Chamundeshwari or Durga, this temple is considered as one of the Shakti Peethas. It is known as Krouncha Pitham. I was visiting it on my 5mth tour round southern India

Xieng Khuan Buddha Park

Posted by Annette Johnson on April 10, 2018

Posted in: Lao People's Democratic Republic. Tagged: #culture, #exotic, #god, #heritage, #hindu, #landmark, #monument, #park, #religion, #sculpture, #sky, #statue, #stone, #temple, #tourism, #tourist, #travel, #worship, amazing, attraction, buddha, buddhism, buddhist, famous, fantasy, figures, idol, khuan, landscape, laos, legend, monster, mysterious, religious, sacred, southeast, spiritual, Thailand, tree, tropical, vientiane, wat, wisdom, xieng. Leave a comment

I visited this weird and quirky place in 2012 when spending time in Laos near vientiane. It caught my imagination, I hope it does yours!

Buddha Park is more curious than spectacular – which makes for a curious spectacle. A rogue monk is said to have attempted to reconsolidates Buddhism and Hinduism into his own brand of mysticism through a prolific collection of sculptures depicting various deities and scenes from both religions. The information provided at the park is less dramatic, simply stating that Bunleua Sulilat constructed this sculpture garden in 1958 before fleeing across the Mekong to Thailand in 1978 and building a sister park across the river in Nong Khai.

Wat Pa Non Sa-at

Posted by Annette Johnson on April 10, 2018

Posted in: Thailand. Tagged: #culture, #heritage, #hindu, #hinduism, #landmark, #monument, #old, #religion, #site, #sky, #stone, #temple, #tourism, #tourist, #tower, #travel, angkor, archeology, asian, buddha, buddhism, cambodia, cambodian, civilization, famous, historical, history, jungle, khmer, lake, reap, reflection, religious, river, ruin, siem, sunrise, Thailand, thom, tomb, tree, tropical, unesco, wat, water. Leave a comment

A beautiful collection of the sculptures within the grounds of the Wat and the itnterior of the Wat itself. I visited here whilst on my way back to Nong Khai via Looei in The North East of Thailand

Sanjao Posuea

Posted by Annette Johnson on April 10, 2018

Posted in: Thailand. Tagged: #culture, #destination, #illustration, #landmark, #old, #ornament, #palace, #red, #religion, #symbol, #temple, #tourism, #tower, #traditional, #travel, #vector, abstract, asian, buddhism, buddhist, china, chinese, decoration, decorative, design, door, drawing, dynasty, east, element, gate, house, isolated, japan, japanese, landscape, museum, oriental, pagoda, pavilion, roof, structure, style, Thailand. Leave a comment

Sanjao Posuea ( ศาลเจ้าพ่อเสือ ) 171, Soi 5, Thaosura Rd ; Tel 044 259246

This is clearly the biggest and most richly decorated Sanjao you can visit in Korat. It is made up of a main building, quite spacious and with several internal shrines, plus five or six more external shrines (one of them placed on a second floor), a votive pole, an incineretor, and other votive objects and accessories. It is found outside the eastern city gate, on a lane extending to the east into the homonymous community.

Internal decorations, ornaments and objects in the main building are gorgeous and they, alone, deserve a visit. If you are lucky you can assist a particualr religious ceremony taking place inside. The full name includes also the words Tung Swaang ( ทุ่งสว่าง ).

Turkmenbashi Gypjak Mosque

Posted by Annette Johnson on April 10, 2018

Posted in: Turkmenistan. Tagged: #detail, #mosque, #old, #red, #religion, #turkmenbashy, #turkmenistan, #white, alert, antique, believe, believe faith believer, believer, bell, decoration, door, door bell, doorbell, electric, entrance, faith, green, gypjak, handrail, home, horror, horror vacui, islam, islamic, knocker, mosquee, plastic, press, ring, ring bell, round, shia, shiite, stairs, sunni, sunnite, urban, vintage, wall. Leave a comment

The mosque was built in 2002-2004 on the initiative of Turkmenbashi and named after him. Its word-for-word translation means “the mosque of Turkmenbashi spirituality” or “the mosque of spirit of Turkmenbashi”. By the way the mosque is located in Gypjak – the Turkmenbashi native village which i visited in 2012.

Erawan Museum

Posted by Annette Johnson on April 10, 2018

Posted in: Thailand. Tagged: #culture, #holy, #landmark, #monument, #ornament, #palace, #red, #religion, #sculpture, #sky, #statue, #stone, #temple, #tourism, #traditional, #travel, #white, animal, antique, asian, bangkok, black, buddhism, ceiling, classic, decoration, design, elephant, entrance, erawan, glass, head, history, interior, museum, pattern, prakan, religious, sacred, samut, style, thai, Thailand, three. Leave a comment

During my stay in Bangkok during the funeral of King Rama 9 I visited the Erawan Museum on the edge of the city.

A fantastic place with an enormous three headed elephant on an equally gargantuan pedestal. Beautifully ornate and stunningly detailed inside you find two dragons curling their way round the interior of the building creating the spectacular stair case.

As you ascend through the three floors you are taken higher and closer to heaven where you can see a most amazing coloured stain glass ceiling. Above that yo reach the nirvana, or temple of Buddha with again such wonderful blue painted sky and gold adornments. Half way down yo can look out through a window (the elephants stomach) and see across Bangkok.

The Gardens are full of not only beautiful plants and flowers but also detailed Thai sculptures and water features. The Elephant itself weighs a hefty 250 tonnes and stands at 29 meters high and 39 meters long and made from Bronze.

Journeys From A Small Room

All posts tagged #religion

Mount Phousi

Street Art in Kuala Terengganu

Sappha Sang Won Chedi

Wat Sala Loi-Nakhon Ratchasima

Sankar Pagodas

Wat Ban Rai

Sri Chamundeshwari Temple

Xieng Khuan Buddha Park

Wat Pa Non Sa-at

Sanjao Posuea

Turkmenbashi Gypjak Mosque

Erawan Museum

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