Monks with lay people [1953]

The most venerable monks of the Lao Buddhist Sangha, and lay representatives who participate the Buddhist Council Counference in Vientiane in March in B.E. 2496 (C.E.1953).Sitting from left to right: 2. Sathou Nyai Khamfanh Silasangvara Mahathera, the abbot of Vat Khili, Chao Rajakhana Xay (the left-hand of the high ecclesiastical rank in the religious hierarchy).3. The Sangharat Dhammayana Mahathera (Bounthan Boupharat) from Vat Mai Suvannaphoumaram, the Supreme Patriarch of the Kingdom of Laos.

Original material consists of: silver gelatine DOP print.