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Front Entranceway of the Bang Khun Thian Temple (โรงเจมหาโพธิสัตว์กวนอิม) (菩薩壇)

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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 front entranceway of the Bang Khun Thian temple (โรงเจมหาโพธิสัตว์กวนอิม) (菩薩壇). Image 01 shows an overview. Image 02 shows a close-up of the inscriptions and depictions around the door. The inscription on the left reads, 薩埵隨緣普渡迷...[眾]生. Image 03 shows the paintings on the right side, which depict flowers in a vase on the top right and a man with a dragon on the bottom right. The inscription on this side reads, 菩提正覺觀修實[相般]若. Image 04 shows the paintings on the left side, which depict various flowers on the top left and a man with a tiger on the bottom left. Image 05 shows the top paintings and descriptions. The middle reads, 菩薩壇, which is the name of the temple. The lanterns on either side read, 觀世音菩薩, referring to Bodhisattva Guanyin. Image 06 shows the flower window to the right of the entrance, and Image 07 shows the flower window to the left. Metadata created and compiled by: Kira Johansen.

Bangkok (Thailand); 13.6327428; 100.4072747

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Cluster 3.4: Typologies of Text-Image Relations

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