The final instalment in my Vietnamese Buddhist pilgrimage this year, was to Bái Đính Pagoda (Chùa Bái Đính, 沛嵿寺) a complex of Buddhist temples on Bái Đính Mountain in Ninh Bình Province, Vietnam. The compound consists of the original old temple and a newly created larger temple. It is considered the largest complex of Buddhist… Continue reading MOUNTAIN WALLS, RIVER ROADS AND CAVE PALACES: VISITING BAI DINH PAGODA AND TRANG AN: 500 Arhats corridor, Thousand-armed and eyed Mother of Compassion, Largest Shakyamuni Buddha statue, and the stunning craggy mountains, caves and riverways of Trang An and Mua Mountain (Vietnam pilgrimage V)
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BEAUTIFUL BUDDHA ‘FACE’ THRIVING IN THE ROOTS OF RUINS AND THE COSMOLOGICAL SIGHTS AT ‘MOUNT MERU MANDALA’ OF THAILAND: The historic ruined’ city of the ‘Venice of the East’, Ayutthaya, towers, statues and Buddha’s head in the root trunk of an ancient Bodhi tree (Thailand Pilgrimage V)
"Once an important center of global diplomacy and commerce, Ayutthaya is now an archaeological ruin, characterized by the remains of tall prang (reliquary towers) and Buddhist monasteries of monumental proportions, which give an idea of the city’s past size and the splendor of its architecture....Indeed, when the capital of the restored kingdom was moved downstream… Continue reading BEAUTIFUL BUDDHA ‘FACE’ THRIVING IN THE ROOTS OF RUINS AND THE COSMOLOGICAL SIGHTS AT ‘MOUNT MERU MANDALA’ OF THAILAND: The historic ruined’ city of the ‘Venice of the East’, Ayutthaya, towers, statues and Buddha’s head in the root trunk of an ancient Bodhi tree (Thailand Pilgrimage V)