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BUDDIST PURGATORY

Wat Rong Khun more well-known as the White Temple, is a contemporary unconventional Buddhist temple in Chiang Rai Province, Thailand. These sculptures represent the souls of Buddhist Purgatory, the Narakas. The Narakas differs from the hell of Christianity in two respects: firstly, beings are not sent to Naraka as the result of a divine judgment or punishment; and secondly, the length of a being's stay in a Naraka is not eternal. Shot in August 2014

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Uploaded on September 3, 2019
Taken on August 5, 2014