Consecration: The offerings in the lotus flower shape cloth, 1987

Consecration: The offerings in the lotus flower shape cloth, 1987

1987

Other offerings are presented in this specially folded cloth. The lotus flower is a sacred religious flower. The flower, which is rooted in the mud and grows through the murky water until it rises above the surface and blooms, is said to symbolize the renunciation of worldly ambition and the path to enlightenment.

Consecration of the Buddha Statue, photograph 20 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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