Giant Sand Chedis at Wat Phan Tao Print
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Framed Print of Giant sand chedis are built in many temples around the time of the annual songkran water festival
Giant sand chedis are built in many temples around the time of the annual songkran water festival. People bring handfuls of sand to their local temple and it is then sculpted into a sand chedi. The sand brought is symbolic of the sand and dirt carried away from the temple on the soles of visitors feet during the preceding year.
Songkran is the traditional Thai New Year and is celebrated from 13th to 15th April. This annual water festival, known in Thai as songkran, and in Burmese as thingyan marks the beginning of the rainy season and is celebrated in Burma, Laos, Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries, usually in April.
Wat Phan Tao, established in 1391, forms a kind of adjunct to the much larger Wat Chedi Luang lying next door and immediately to the south. Wat Phan Tao means Temple of a Thousand Furnaces or Temple of a Thousand Kilns and it is believed that the grounds were once the site of a foundry, casting bronze images of the Buddha for nearby Wat Chedi Luang.
The wooden viharn is one of the few surviving all-wood temple buildings in Chiang Mai. In times past it was a secular structure of no religious significance, the ho kham or gilded hall of Chao Mahawong, the 5th of the Chao Chet Ton monarchs, who ruled Chiang Mai and the north from 1846 to 1854.
Chiang Mai (meaning new city'), sometimes written as Chiengmai or Chiangmai, is the largest and most culturally significant city in northern Thailand. King Mengrai founded the city of Chiang Mai in 1296, and it succeeded Chiang Rai as capital of the Lanna kingdom. Explore the World Through imageBROKER Prints. © imageBROKER/David Henley
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Southeast Asian Traditions , Buddhist Temple Complexes
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a touch of cultural wonder. framed prints bring the spirit of Thailand's Songkran water festival to life, capturing the beauty and community that comes with building giant sand chedis in local temples. A reminder of the power of tradition and connection.
Modern 14"x12" (36x31cm)
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Wood effect frame, card mounted, 10x8 fade resistant photo print. Overall outside dimensions 14x12 inches (36x31cm). Environmentally and ozone friendly, 40mm wide x 15mm Polycore® moulding has the look of real wood, is durable and light and easy to hang. Biodegradable and made with non-chlorinated gases (no toxic fumes) it is efficient; producing 100 tons of polystyrene can save 300 tons of trees! Prints are glazed with lightweight, shatterproof, optical clarity acrylic (providing the same general protection from the environment as glass). The back is stapled hardboard with a sawtooth hanger attached. Note: measurements provided are estimated outer dimensions, which include both the image and the frame. While we aim to keep sizing consistent, exact dimensions may vary slightly due to differences in print size or production requirements, which may result in a variation in the overall size (up to approximately 2.5cm (1"))
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Estimated Image Size (if not cropped) is 16.6cm x 24.4cm (6.5" x 9.6")
Estimated Product Size is 31cm x 36cm (12.2" x 14.2")
