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Anna wrote this about a visit to the temple: "Passing
the covered gangway at the landing, we cam upon a clean brick
road, bounded by two high walls, the one on the left enclosing
the abode of the royalty, the other the temple Watt Poh, where
reposes in gigantic state the wondrous Sleeping Idol. Imagine
a reclining figure one hundred and fifty feet long and forty
feet high, entirely overlaid with plate gold; the soles of its
monstrous feet covered with bass-reliefs inlaid with mother-of-pearl
and chased with gold; each separate design distinctly representing
one of the many transmigrations of Buddha whereby he obtained
Niphan." (EGSC p.49) |
