Buddha statue/image [1997]

Uposatha (recitation of the Vinaya, rules of discipline/Patimogga) on the 57th Vassa (years of the Buddhist retreat to be a Buddhist monk) of Pha Khamchan Virachitta Maha Thela, Abbot of Vat Saen Sukharam on June 9, B.E.2541 (A.D. 1997) at the Sim of Vat Saen Sukharam. There are 111 monks participate in this ceremony. This photograph represents Pha Chantharin Chinnathammo (sitting on the pulpit), Abbot of Vat Phu Khwai Phokharam recites Patimogga (the Fundamental of 227 precepts of Buddhist monks). Chromogenic print.