1.
LS TEMPLE
0.03

2.
MV DITTO
0.07

3.
CU IMAGES
0.10

4.
MS HEAD PRIEST SAYING PRAYERS
0.14

5.
MS FOOD OFFERING TO IMAGES
0.16

6.
MS PRIEST AND GENERAL KITTIKAJORN CARRYING IMAGES TO STORE
0.21

7.
MLS OTHERS FOLLOWING
0.26

8.
MS PRIEST SAYS PRAYERS
0.27

9.
CU GENERAL KITTIKAJORN PLACES IMAGE
0.34

10.
MS OTHERS TO PLACE
0.37

11.
MLS IMAGES STORED
0.40

12.
MS MAN STORES IMAGE
0.48

13.
MLS OTHERS GOING TO STORE.
0.53



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Background: THE DEPUTY PREMIER OF THAILAND, GENERAL TANOM KITTIKAJORN, WAS AMONG PRIESTS AND LAY BUDDHISTS WHO ATTENDED CEREMONY RECENTLY IN BANGKOK TO STORE AWAY IMAGES OF LORD BUDDHA. THE CEREMONY WAS CONDUCTED AT PHRA WANANARAT BY THE CHIEF PRIEST, PRECEDED BY PRAYERS TO THE IMAGES OF BUDDHA MADE OUT OF EARTH AND BAKED OR OUT OF METALS.

OFFERING OF BUDDHA IMAGES TO PILGRIMS IS ONE OF THE CUSTOMS BUDDHISTS LIVING IN SACRED CITIES HAVE FOLLOWED FOR CENTURIES. IN ORDER TO PROVIDE ENOUGH STOCKS OF THESE MEMENTOS, THE CEREMONY OF STORING AWAY LOTS OF IMAGES IS CONDUCTED IN PROMINENT PLACES OF PILGRIMAGE, IN STUPAS (MONUMENTS) CAVES AND TEMPLES.