Well hello again. I guess it has been a while since I've updated my blog. I've been meaning to but haven't had the time exactly lately. I had gone to
Ayutthaya with Sacha last week. It was really culturally enlightening. Ayutthaya is an area where many Kings have ruled and fought and many temples were created and destroyed. It was a good time to go because I had just watched King Naresuan movie which follows the time when the soon to be King Naresuan is growing up in the mid 1500's in Ayutthaya.
The graphic below shows the headless Buddhas that now exist in one of the main temples in this province. The reason for them is when a battling tribe had conquered the temple, they cut the heads off. The Buddha image is very well respected and to deface a Buddha image like this would certainly have upset the Thai.
Well hello again. I guess it has been a while since I've updated my blog. I've been meaning to but haven't had the time exactly lately. I had gone to Ayutthaya with Sacha last week. It was really culturally enlightening. Ayutthaya is an area where many Kings have ruled and fought and many temples were created and destroyed. It was a good time to go because I had just watched King Naresuan movie which follows the time when the soon to be King Naresuan is growing up in the mid 1500's in Ayutthaya.
The graphic below shows the headless Buddhas that now exist in one of the main temples in this province. The reason for them is when a battling tribe had conquered the temple, they cut the heads off. The Buddha image is very well respected and to deface a Buddha image like this would certainly have upset the Thai. 
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