Question(able) Photo of the Week

[Bob]

My favorite statue in Thailand. 5 baht to who guesses where it's located.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v81/BobThaiFreak/06%20Miscellaneous/Finger.jpg

[cottmann]

[quote="Bob"]My favorite statue in Thailand. 5 baht to who guesses where it's located.

Not sure of the transliteration but I believe the statue is at Wiharnsien, within the grounds of Wat Yansangwaram, near Pattaya (of course).

Pearl has a chair just like it.

[Bob]

You want the 5 baht in dollars or euros?

My transliterated name of the place is Viharna Sien but don't remember where I found that. A huge bronze collection - almost all Chinese I believe. The "finger" guy is the bronze image of Wang T'ien-chun, the God of Taoism (Tang Dynasty). I presume that he wasn't flipping anyone off and that the gesture had some other symbolic meaning.

Here's a shot of just a few of the statues outside (and I think the one of the short whales in front may be a relative of our own bbb):
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v81/BobThaiFreak/06%20Miscellaneous/ViharnaSien096.jpg[/img]

[cottmann]

You want the 5 baht in dollars or euros?

5 bahts weight of gold, maybe? :cheers:

Just enjoyed the photo and remembered something I was once told about this place and guessed. Any more pics?