Buddha statue/image [1987]

Monks and novices from Vientiane posing for a portrait with lay people of Xam Neua district, Hua Phan province in front of Ong Teu Buddha statue at Vat Phoxai Xanasongkharm, Xam Neua district, Hua Phan province in 1987. The monk sitting on the left at the back is Pha Ajan Maha Charun Vajirarangsi of Vat Phon Pha Nao, Vientiane. There is a handwritten message of Pha Khamchan Virachitta Maha Thela, Abbot of Vat Saen Sukharam on the verso of this photograph "Ong Teu Buddha statue at Vat Phoxai Xanasongkharm, Xam Neua district, built in Pi Hap Pao in C.S.927, A.D.1565, it has been 422 years in A.D.1987". silver gelatine DOP print.