Buddha Roots

The location of this site is Wat Mahathat in Ayutthaya, Thailand. This ancient temple was built during the 14th century. but reduced to ruins in 1767 when the Burmese army invaded Ayutthaya, the capital of Siam.

Nobody knows for certain how the Buddha head became entwined in the roots of the tree. This may have happened in the early 1900s when it is known that one of the remaining areas of the temple collapsed and consequently led to treasure hunters digging in the area.

Picture was taken in 2014, with pocket camera when I was traveled to Wat Mahathat Tample, In Ayutthaya. Thailand. The Image reproduced with digital negative cyanotype print on watercolor paper

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