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Altar Table in Front of the Main Guanyin Altar in 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 items atop the altar table in front of the main Guanyin (觀音) altar of the Bang Khun Thian temple. Image 01 shows a perspective of these items relative to the main altar of the temple. Image 02 shows possibly Weituo (韦陀菩薩) on the left, and the Thai plaque below it reads, อุ่ยท้อเอียั โพธิสัตว์ . In front of this figure is a water offering. Image 03 shows the Phra Sankajai on the right. The plaque in Thai below it reads, พระสังกัจจาย. Phra Sankaja is a Thai Buddhist figure, often confused with the monk Budai (布袋), and is often venerated as the Maitreya Buddha. Phra Sankajai was a disciple of Gautama Buddha, and is often pictured holding a water flask and a bag. Image 04 shows the water offering and golden tray in the middle of the table, as well as the chair behind this, which can also be seen in Image 06. The chair has pink ribbon and a fly whisk (佛尘), as well as a flag, likely used in ceremonial processions. Image 05 shows a close-up of the lanterns in this section, with the inscriptions 南無觀世音菩薩 "devotion to Bodhisattva Guanyin." Image 06 shows the perspective of these items from the back. The lanterns on the other side are identical to the ones on the left in Image 05. Image 07 and Image 08 show the Joss paper (金紙) donations and flower decorations flanking this altar table. Metadata created and compiled by: Kira Johansen.
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Altar Table in Front of the Main Guanyin Altar in the Bang Khun Thian Temple (โรงเจมหาโพธิสัตว์กวนอิม) (菩薩壇)
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2023-11-27
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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 items atop the altar table in front of the main Guanyin (觀音) altar of the Bang Khun Thian temple. Image 01 shows a perspective of these items relative to the main altar of the temple. Image 02 shows possibly Weituo (韦陀菩薩) on the left, and the Thai plaque below it reads, อุ่ยท้อเอียั โพธิสัตว์ . In front of this figure is a water offering. Image 03 shows the Phra Sankajai on the right. The plaque in Thai below it reads, พระสังกัจจาย. Phra Sankaja is a Thai Buddhist figure, often confused with the monk Budai (布袋), and is often venerated as the Maitreya Buddha. Phra Sankajai was a disciple of Gautama Buddha, and is often pictured holding a water flask and a bag. Image 04 shows the water offering and golden tray in the middle of the table, as well as the chair behind this, which can also be seen in Image 06. The chair has pink ribbon and a fly whisk (佛尘), as well as a flag, likely used in ceremonial processions. Image 05 shows a close-up of the lanterns in this section, with the inscriptions 南無觀世音菩薩 "devotion to Bodhisattva Guanyin." Image 06 shows the perspective of these items from the back. The lanterns on the other side are identical to the ones on the left in Image 05. Image 07 and Image 08 show the Joss paper (金紙) donations and flower decorations flanking this altar table. Metadata created and compiled by: Kira Johansen.
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chi; tha
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Author Affiliations: Ghent University, Florida State University, Edinburgh University, Harvard University
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2024-05-15
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Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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Attribution 4.0 International
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10.14288/1.0443351
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Unreviewed
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Faculty; Graduate; Undergraduate
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