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| While people may thumb gold foil on certain
Buddha images anytime at many temples, the tradition is particularly popular
around New Year's when people wish for health, prosperity and happiness
for the coming year. This barely visible Buddha resides at Wat Indraviharn,
Bangkok. |
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| Another resident Buddha at Wat Indraviharn,
Bangkok. |
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| An image of the emaciated Buddha during his period of extreme asceticism sits outside the Ordination Hall, Wat Suthat, Bangkok. There's something almost poetic about the gold being thumbed on such an image of suffering. | ||
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| Wat Kalayanamit, Bangkok. See the man under Buddha's ear? He's helping robe the Buddha. Believers buy the fabric and write messages and names on it as prayers. | ||