Wat Pa Phon Phao

Wat Pa Phon Phao
Wat Phol Phao - Santi Chedi
Religion
Affiliation	Buddhism
Location
Location	Luang Prabang
Country	Laos
Shown within Laos
Geographic coordinates	19°52′59″N102°9′1″E / 19.88306°N 102.15028°E / 19.88306; 102.15028

Wat Pa Phon Phao, also Wat Phon Phao, Wat Phonphao, or Wat Phol Phao, meaning "Peacefulness Temple", ^[1] is a Buddhist temple situated on a hill in the southeast of Luang Prabang, Laos, across the Nam Khan River from Luang Prabang Airport. ^[2] The temple, a golden stupa, ^[3] is used as a forest meditation retreat, and was once headed by the abbot Ajahn Saisamut, a noted Lao Buddhist teacher. ^[4] His funeral in 1992 was one of the largest funeral services Laos had ever seen. The temple has a fine collection of murals, some of them gruesome in nature.

References

1. White, Daniel; Emmons, Ron; Eveland, Jennifer; Lin-Liu, Jen (9 June 2011). Frommer's Southeast Asia. John Wiley & Sons. p. 661. ISBN   978-1-118-08767-1 . Retrieved 6 February 2013.
2. "Wat Pa Phon Phao" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved 6 February 2013.
3. White, Daniel (1 March 2010). Frommer's Cambodia and Laos. John Wiley & Sons. p. 280. ISBN   978-0-470-49778-4 . Retrieved 6 February 2013.
4. Burke, Andrew; Vaisutis, Justine (1 August 2007). Laos . Lonely Planet. p.  145. ISBN   978-1-74104-568-0 . Retrieved 6 February 2013.

External links

• Media related to Wat Phol Phao at Wikimedia Commons
• Photograph
• Photographs of murals