The King and Queen of ..........

 

 This is the Sanctuary of Truth.  It is an all wooden building filled with sculptures based on traditional Buddhist and Hindu motifs. There is no metal used.  It is under constant construction because of it being made of wood.  It needs continued up keep and they are constantly adding new sculptures to it.  They started construction of it in 1981.

I really did take that picture too.  It is not from the web.

 

 

Steps to get down to the temple are definitely not to code, says my engineer of a husband.  ;)

This is completely hand carved.  I don't think the pictures do the sculptures justice. 

 

 Seriously this is all carved wood.  It is quite impressive close up.

 

  If I had paid attention better I could tell you why they hit the gong before entering but I didn't. 
Oh well.  Oh and we had to wear hard hats around the site because of the constant construction which cracked us up because I can't really say safety is always a priority here and we were allowed to take them off inside and for pictures.  It was funny.

 

The family photo ( -1 )

Yes this is Erin and Jack our king and queen for the day.  Nope we will not be referring to herself as Queen E ever.  LOL   Here Erin and Jack were able to play a bit of dress up.  To show respect for the sacred place women have to have their knees covered so Erin got a cute new wrap which of course they sell to you at the entrance. 

Andrew did not want any part of this dressing up. 

 

 

 

 

Not a great picture but to show you the massiveness inside and the constant construction going on.

The beliefs.  I have to say it holds a lot of truth. 

 

 

 

 The wood they use to carve.

They actually carve the sculptures on sight and they work on their hands and knees.  All carvings are done by hand only a chain saw is used to cut the wood into pieces for carvings. 

The wood used is Red Wood.

 

 

 Big Papa enjoying a tall cold one.  The Buddhist may not drink but they will SELL it and of course we will drink it.  ;)

 

Feeding the sharks, well why not.  We fed fish too! 


Cheers
 M