Phra Mae Thorani Altar in the Courtyard of the Bang Khun Thian Temple (โรงเจมหาโพธิสัตว์กวนอิม) (菩薩壇)

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Phra Mae Thorani Altar in the Courtyard of the Bang Khun Thian Temple (โรงเจมหาโพธิสัตว์กวนอิม) (菩薩壇) Anderl, Christoph; Johansen, Kira; Thomson, Oliver; Sirothphiphat, Saly

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Bang Khun Thian (โรงเจมหาโพธิสัตว์กวนอิม) (菩薩壇) is a three-winged Guanyin (觀音) temple in Bangkok, Thailand. The temple houses both Buddhist and Daoist deities, even though the main altar is dedicated to Guanyin. The following images show the Phra Mae Thorani (ព្រះម៉ែធរណី) altar in the right back corner of the Bang Khun Thian temple (โรงเจมหาโพธิสัตว์กวนอิม) (菩薩壇) courtyard. Image 01 shows an overview of the altar, which is a stand-alone altar constructed out of various tiles. Image 02 shows a close-up of Phra Mae Thorani, and the large censer and water offering place in front of her. Phra Mae Thorani is a Southeast Asian "Mother Earth Goddess" (ព្រះម៉ែធរណី), or Neang Konghing (នាងគង្ហីង), who is known for wringing the waters of detachment out of her hair to drown Mara, who was a demon sent to foil Gautama Buddha's meditation under the Bodhi tree. Image 03 shows a perspective of where the altar is relative to the right side of the courtyard. Metadata created and compiled by: Kira Johansen.

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Title	Phra Mae Thorani Altar in the Courtyard of the Bang Khun Thian Temple (โรงเจมหาโพธิสัตว์กวนอิม) (菩薩壇)
Creator	Anderl, Christoph; Johansen, Kira; Thomson, Oliver; Sirothphiphat, Saly
Contributor	From the Ground Up: Buddhism & East Asian Religions (FROGBEAR Project)
Date Issued	2023-11-27
Description	Bang Khun Thian (โรงเจมหาโพธิสัตว์กวนอิม) (菩薩壇) is a three-winged Guanyin (觀音) temple in Bangkok, Thailand. The temple houses both Buddhist and Daoist deities, even though the main altar is dedicated to Guanyin. The following images show the Phra Mae Thorani (ព្រះម៉ែធរណី) altar in the right back corner of the Bang Khun Thian temple (โรงเจมหาโพธิสัตว์กวนอิม) (菩薩壇) courtyard. Image 01 shows an overview of the altar, which is a stand-alone altar constructed out of various tiles. Image 02 shows a close-up of Phra Mae Thorani, and the large censer and water offering place in front of her. Phra Mae Thorani is a Southeast Asian "Mother Earth Goddess" (ព្រះម៉ែធរណី), or Neang Konghing (នាងគង្ហីង), who is known for wringing the waters of detachment out of her hair to drown Mara, who was a demon sent to foil Gautama Buddha's meditation under the Bodhi tree. Image 03 shows a perspective of where the altar is relative to the right side of the courtyard. Metadata created and compiled by: Kira Johansen.
Subject	Bang Khun Thian Temple; Buddhism; Guanyin; Phra Mae Thorani
Geographic Location	Bangkok (Thailand); 13.6327428; 100.4072747
Type	Still Image
Language	chi
Notes	Author Affiliations: Ghent University, Florida State University, Edinburgh University, Harvard University
Series	Cluster 3.4: Typologies of Text-Image Relations
Date Available	2024-05-15
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution 4.0 International
DOI	10.14288/1.0443340
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/88297
Affiliation	Non UBC
Peer Review Status	Unreviewed
Scholarly Level	Faculty; Graduate; Undergraduate
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Aggregated Source Repository	DSpace

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