New photo album from Wat Arun, the Temple of the Dawn, in Bangkok showing the Prangs, Viharn, Pavillions and Murals from the Ubosot.
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 This 80-minute documentary presents an in-depth look at the famous Temple of the Tooth Relic in Kandy, Sri Lanka. Read More: Temple of the Tooth Relic  A 40-minute film covering the history and culture of Sri Lanka, and looking at the ancient capital of Anuradhapura, and moving on to Ritigala, Polonnaruwa, Sigiriya and finally the Temple of the Tooth in Kandy. Read More: Roots of Paradise (Sri Lanka)  Historian Bettany Hughes explains some of the basic Buddhist concepts, and at the same time show some of the riches of Buddhist culture. Read More: Seven Wonders of the Buddhist World  One commentCategories: Documentary Tags: America, Cambodia, China, Dhamma, India, Meditation, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Temples, Thailand  I have just published two new web albums on the Photo Dharma website that I took recently at nearby Chinese temples. They were taken to try out my new camera which is advertised as being especially useful in low light conditions. Read More: Photographs of Two Chinese Temples  Video of murals inside Viharn Lai Kham, which date from the mid-19th century and illustrate two non-Canonical Jataka Stories, using pan and zoom techniques to animate the photographs. Read More: Video of Murals in Viharn Lai Kham, Wat Phra Singh, Chiang Mai  A remarkable film about a monk living in the Golden Triangle area on the Thailand/Myanmar border, who together with a nun is bringing up and training poor children from the nearby villages. Read More: Buddha’s Lost Children  A successful appeal to buy land so that the Bodhirukaramaya monastery near Kurunegala, Sri Lanka doesn’t loose its water supply.  A report on my stay at Wat Sri Suphan in Chiang Mai, the wonderful art work that is found there and the support they are giving to the local traditions of Lanna arts and crafts.  Photographs from the temples in the old City, which are some of the oldest in Chiang Mai, and were often built with Royal patronage, along with recollections of my visit to the various Temples.  This is one of the finest non-verbal films I’ve come across so even better that it is also connected with Buddhism, being taken at a remote Zen temple in the Japanese Alps. Read More: ZEN – A Fabian Enzinger Film  The first four albums from my photoshoot in Chiang Mai have just been published, and cover some of the out-of-station sites. I have also added histories, maps and illustrative materials to the various pages Read More: Chiang Mai: First Four Photo Albums  Over the past few years Ven. Dhammika has been traveling extensively and fortunately for us he took his camera with him. Now he has contributed some of these photos to the Photo Dharma website. Read More: Second Guest on Photo Dharma: Ven. Dhammika  A series of videos on the philosophy, art and culture of Buddhism in India by the renowned historian and photographer Benoy K Behl covering the Stupa, cave monasteries and later developments in the Himalayan Region. Read More: The Story of Buddhism by Benoy K Behl  While I was in Wat Olak Madu I took numerous photographs of some of the modern artworks that are found in the Preaching Hall and Sima Hall, which has resulted in two new albums for the Photo Dharma website. Read More: Photographs of Paintings from Wat Olak Madu  At the end of March two good friends teamed up together for the first time and got me over to Kelantan in north-eastern Malaysia to photograph the old Thai temples there. The result is 5 new albums for the Photo Dharma website. Read More: New Photographs from Kelantan  This is a well-researched and informative documentary about the Sacred Temple of Shri Tribhuvan Maheshwar that is now known as Banteay Srei, which stands 25km north-east of the main Angkor complex in Cambodia. Read More: A Spiritual Journey to the World Heritage Site: Banteay Srei  This week the expedition, which has been traveling along the southern trade routes, doubles back and explores the area along the northern route. Read More: The Silk Road 11/12: Where Horses Fly Like the Wind  The theme that runs throughout this week’s episode is music and dance. It includes some of the most interesting ethnographic photography of the Uighars in Kucha along the southern route passing through the Tian Shan mountains. Read More: The Silk Road 10/12: Journey Into Music, South Through the Tian Shan Mountains  In 1956, Phra Kru Palat Vieng, a veteran member of the Sangha and an old time resident of Kuala Lumpur initiated the idea of building a sizeble Buddhist Temple close to the federal capital of Kuala Lumpur. Read More: Royal Wat Chetawan, Kuala Lumpur |
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