Thailand - Sukhothai Wat Si Chum & Phra Atchana
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Looking up, above the hands of the previous picture, at the immensity of this Buddha image of 15 meters is overawing.

This image, seated in its mondop or sanctuary, has a hidden staircase that leads up to the top and in which are jataka inscriptions, but that has been blocked off. This mondop with its chambers provides erie echoes when speaking even very softly.