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Pha That Luang. Buddhist missionaries from the Mauryan Empire are believed to have been sent by Emperor Ashoka, including Bury Chan or Praya Chanthabury Pasithisak and five Arahanta monks, who brought a sacred relic (believed to be the breastbone) of Buddha and enshrined it into the stupa in the 3rd century BC. [2]
View of Pha That Luang, Vientane. More selected pictures. ... View of Luang Prabang and Mount Phou si at the Mekong river. More selected pictures.
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Vientiane is the home of Pha That Luang, an icon of Buddhism in Laos. Other Buddhist temples can be found there, such as Haw Phra Kaew, which formerly housed the Emerald Buddha. The city is rated as sufficiency by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network. [4]
The National Emblem of the Lao People's Democratic Republic shows the national shrine Pha That Luang. A dam is pictured, which is a symbol of power generation at the reservoir Nam Ngum. An asphalt street is also pictured, as well as a stylized watered field. In the lower part is a section of a gear wheel.
That Luang is the national symbol and most important religious monument of Laos. [1] Vientiane 's most important Theravada Buddhist festival , "Boun That Luang", is held here for three days during the full moon of the twelfth lunar month (November).
Though this temple is created in Vientiane, it has the basic shape for what is known as the ‘Luang Prabang I style’ with its scarce use of brickwork and rectangular-like body. [1] [3] Wat Ong Teu is said to have been placed along a cardinal point in accordance with three other temples but that may just be coincidental. [citation needed]