Sathou Onkeo Kittiphattho, Abbot of Vat Pak Khan, posing for a portrait in Phra That Khuang Santi Chedee stupa at Vat Pa Phon Phao during practicing Parivassakam (Ritual retreat of purification) at Vat Pa Phon Phao in December, 1993.You can see the mural painting on the wall, it is about the Buddha's life. The Buddha walking down on the golden stair from Tavatingsa-heaven to Sangkassanakorn after he had wandered to preach Abhidhamma (Analytical doctrine of the Buddhist cannon or superknowldege) for his mother and passed the Buddhist retreat in Tavatingsa-heaven for three months until his mother (named Sirimahamaya) attained Sodabanh (the first degree of sanctity).
Original material consists of: chromogenic print.
