Buddhist ceremony [1960s]

Pha Khamfan Silasangvara Maha Thela (right), Abbot of Vat Suvannakhili, Chao Raxakhana Khua (right-hand of high ecclesiastical rank in the Lao Buddhist hierarchy) paying a visit and showing respect to Somdet Pha Sangkhalat of Thailand (left) during a travel to Thailand. This photograph represents Pha Khamfan offers a message of Somdet Pha Sangkhalat Dhammayana Maha Thela (Bunthan Buppharat) of Vat Mai Suvannaphumaram, Lao supreme patriarch to the Thai Sangkhalat.

Original material consists of: silver gelatine glass plate negative.