post about temples

Pha That Luang(Great Sacred Stupa)
Vientiane, Laos

Pha That Luang (Lao: ພຣະທາດຫຼວງ, IPA: [pʰā tʰâːt lwǎːŋ] 'Great Stupa') is a gold-covered large Buddhist stupa in the centre of Vientiane, Laos. Since its initial establishment suggested to be in the 3rd century, the stupa has undergone several reconstructions until the 1930s due to foreign invasions to the area. It is generally regarded as the most important national monument in Laos and a national symbol.


http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4127/4973522188_0853a941f2_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ppana/4973522188/)
Pha That Luang (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ppana/4973522188/) by ppana (http://www.flickr.com/people/ppana/), on Flickr

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Pha That Luang (http://www.flickr.com/photos/aptronym/3296166965/) by aptronym (http://www.flickr.com/people/aptronym/), on Flickr

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Pha That Luang (http://www.flickr.com/photos/aptronym/3296159693/) by aptronym (http://www.flickr.com/people/aptronym/), on Flickr

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http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4036/4434534345_6911a35cba.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mcubetravel/4434534345/)
Pha That Luang in Vientiane (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mcubetravel/4434534345/) by mcubetravel (http://www.flickr.com/people/mcubetravel/), on Flickr

by neungz

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sydney has 2 lao temples, i near Edensor park (fairfield area) and the other in Wedderburn (campbelltown area)

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Edensor Park or Bonnyrigg i cant remember?

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Vat Phou or Wat Phu (Lao: ວັດພູ [wāt pʰúː] temple-mountain) is a ruined Khmer temple complex in southern Laos. It is located at the base of mount Phu Kao, some 6 km from the Mekong river in Champasak province. There was a temple on the site as early as the 5th century, but the surviving structures date from the 11th to 13th centuries. The temple has a unique structure, in which the elements lead to a shrine where a linga was bathed in water from a mountain spring. The site later became a centre of Theravada Buddhist worship, which it remains today.

therefore
date: 11-13th century
location: Champasack province
description: khmer hindu architecture
type: temple

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/ViewFromWatPhu.JPG

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vat_Phou

http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=wat+phu&rlz=1W1ADFA_enAU422&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&biw=1920&bih=866&wrapid=tlif134076277365810&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=nWrqT9iSGuXmmAX05IHTAg

^^ heaps of pictures here

Oum Moung is another angkorian site, probably a visitor house to Wat Phu

this is Oum moung another temple in Champasack

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3548/3817270172_c58af0c08d.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tropicalstar/3817270172/)
Vat Oum Moung (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tropicalstar/3817270172/) by tropicalstartravel (http://www.flickr.com/people/tropicalstar/), on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tropicalstar/3816463561/in/photostream/

^^ check this album for oum moung

^^ and this one

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tropicalstar/3816458597/

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