12 December 2007: we visited Wat Po in Amphoe Khemarat, Ubon Ratchathani Province (Khemarat was the town in which Newt spent much of her early childhood). This picture is taken from the gate at Wat Po, looking into the temple grounds…to the left is the gold-painted seated Buddha. Straight ahead is the “sala wat,” where the villagers come to pray. To the right is the smaller, more richly decorated “prat bot,” where the monks (“prat” is Thai for monk) pray—the building itself is usually closed to the villagers, except for special events. Normally, lay people are allowed inside the short wall that encircles the prat bot, and can examine the stone tablets or ground markers.
This large, gold-painted seated Buddha was added since Newt was a child in Khemarat. Years ago, this site was a well-head where villagers got drinking water. Today, there are no traces of the well.
The bot at Wat Po in Khemerat.
The covered shelter leads to the sala, where the major Buddha images are kept.
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