Consecration: The prepared altar inside the Temple, 1987

Consecration: The prepared altar inside the Temple, 1987

1987

Candles, incense, and figurines placed before the altar. You will also notice five pink lotus blossoms placed before the principal statue. These five closed blossoms arranged in a single line are meant to symbolize a perpetual homage to the Buddha, an offering of lotus blossoms that do not wither. They represent the five lives of the Buddha mentioned in reference to the six-tiered umbrella.

Consecration of the Buddha Statue, photograph 12 of 45, from Cambodian Traditional Crafts and Religious Ceremonies.

View the Consecration group of photographs in order on the Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/BuddhaConcecration.

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