Wat Si Sisket Vientiane: Oh my Buddha!!! (Photo Essay)

Last Updated on June 7, 2023 by Christine Kaaloa

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Vientiane, Laos.

If seeing Buddhas are you thing, then you’ll never find yourself at a loss in Laos. In fact, at Vientiane‘s Wat Si Sisket there’s an impressive collection of over 2,000 of them.

Housed in a small cloister, the Buddhas meditate around the main temple, each of them aged with its own personality of time, material and ruin. It’s a virtual antiquities museum jogging you to reflect on the history and reincarnations of ‘The Reawakened One‘.

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Cloister halls surrounding the temple.

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bud 3A Trinity of Buddhas

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4205120Dreaming Buddha

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Buddha graveyard

budgrvDiscarded Buddhas (broken images discovered during excavations)

Information:

Wat Si Sisket
(Vientiane, Laos)
Across the street from the Presidential Palace
The cloister is open from 8:00am to noon and 1:00pm to 4:00pm.
Admission is 10,000 Kip (1.20 USD).

 

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