Wat Pa Khe & Wat Paphane

Here are two small wats in Luang Pra­bang. I only spent a short amount of time at each, in fact I have 2 pic­tures of each wat. Wat Pa Khe or the Monastery of the For­est of Khe Trees and Wat Paphane or Monastery of the Flame Tree For­est are both located near Mount Phousi. Wat Paphane is the older of the two, built in the late 18th cen­tury. Wat Pa Khe was built about 50 years later.

Wat Paphane is a white washed tem­ple with a 3 tiered roof and 4 cylin­dri­cal corinthian type columns. The dec­o­ra­tion is sparse here.

Wat Pa Khe is another 3-tiered roofed wat, more attrac­tive than its neigh­bor but just as faded and non-descript com­pared to other wats in Luang Pra­bang. Between the 2, this is the more inter­est­ing archi­tec­turally with fine artis­tic detail on the doors and front gable.

Tagged as: Buddhism, Buddhist Temple, Buddhist Wat, Laos, Luang Prabang, Wat Pa Khe, Wat Paphane