...lost..
The Siamese had a few tales on how the head ended up here. One, the Burmese-Siamese civil war damaged the ancient statues. Two, the French had cut off all Buddha heads when they conquered in the late 1600s. Three, burglars had tried to steal the head but it was too heavy so they gave up and left it. And last (but not least), burglars had tried to steal the head to sell at lucrative prices but were chased by guards. To hide the head they left it in the woods. Whichever tale you believe, years upon years tree roots had overgrown the head – as if protecting it from bad intentions.
This picture was taken in the second ancient city, Ayutthya, Thailand.
...lost.. belongs to the following groups:
Amazing Asia, Artists of the Orient and Buddha Available for sale asGreeting Cards and Matted Prints
Nacho Garcés
Brilliant!
spiderflux
yeah excellent image
kani9r
i think ive been there!
nancie
cool !
great colors
and detail!!
Angela Millear
This is incredible!
Love it =)
Stephen Rowsell
well composed shot. great image, great story!
coppertrees
Wonderful, congradulations on the front page feature
RavenMayfair
Fanastic shot – Thailand is my favourite place and I love Ayutthya – can’t believe I missed this!
mingtees
really wonderful shot!
KazM
It is a great shot. It might be worth your while looking at the B&W Challenge at Challenge Cafe. Just a suggestion
SpiderWoman
Great potential for stories behind it.
Carrie Glenn
Really cool story and great capture! CONGRATS for being on the home page too!!!! ;D
Imakepplwonder
this is stunning. I truly love it. Well done!
Sarah261226
amazing
Nicholas Richa...
Oh, I love this! I have an image somewhere of this with white flowers by the side but seem to have misplaced it. Good to see someone has this on RB. Nice image and I think a great choice the B&W.
sid8chris replied
Thanks Nicholas. And thanks to all for your encouragement! Thailand is one of my favourite travels.
julie08
Great :)
Chetan Raghuram
i have the same pic buddy.. same thing.. exact.. ha ha..this is cool.
Wendi Donaldson
Great shot!! nice history.
PPPhotoArt
wow what an amazing story and excellent capture!!!!!