Lay people [1983]

Lao people living in Australia. They offered this photograph to Pha Khamchan Virachitta Maha Thela, Abbot of Vat Saen Sukharam for souvenir during Pha Khamchan travels to visit Australia in 1983. There is a message written on the verso of this photograph "Respectful Pha Khamchan of Vat Saen, I offer you this photograph for a souvenir from my family in abroad. May you give us loving-kindness and blessings from the Buddha, Dhamma and the Sangha to protect me and my family from sufferings, poverty and sadness for ever (Signature) Ph. Mangkhala". Chromogenic print.