Buddhist Arts

Wat Tham Phousi is located on Mount Phousi. It is an unre­mark­able wat except for the tall cupola topped with a sin­gle para­sol and sur­rounded by 4 more para­sols at its 4 cor­ners. I did not see any­thing else like this in Luang Pra­bang. Addi­tion­ally, it is built into the side of a large rock.

Many of the pic­tures I took of this wat are of the steps lead­ing up to Wat Tham Phousi. Col­or­ful murals and Bud­dhist sculp­tures make a feast for the eyes. There is a large, smil­ing, col­or­fully painted parinir­vana plas­ter sculp­ture where we met a Laot­ian cou­ple cur­rently liv­ing in Seat­tle. Small world!

The view from the wat is quite won­der­ful and worth the trek.