Buddhist Arts

Wat Khili is sit­u­ated oppo­site Wat Xieng Thong and next door to Wat Si Boun Houang. The first pic­ture in this set is of the 2-story white stucco French colo­nial style monks quar­ters attached to this wat.

What I love most about this wat are the col­or­ful tree of life mosaics on the red front of the sim. The sim at Wat Khili is painted red with gold columns. The roof finials at the top and the ends of the gables are sweep­ing rep­re­sen­ta­tions of nagas.

Wat Khili, itself, has four square red columns with a large gold wheel of life on the gable and 2 match­ing wheels between the columns. This wat was, accord­ing to Ancient Luang Pra­bang by Denise Hay­wood, built by Chao Kham Sattha in a style rem­i­nis­cent of tem­ples found in the moun­tains close to the Plain of Jars in Xieng Kouang province where he came from, rein­stat­ing the rela­tion­ship between there and Luang Prabang.