12 OCTOBER 2012 - RAI KHRING, NAKHON PATHOM, THAILAND:  People make offerings to the monks to make merit during a chanting service at Wat Rai Khring in Nakhon Pathom province. Wat Rai Khring was built in 1791. The Abbot at the time, Somdej Phra Phuttha Chan (Pook), named the temple after the district. When construction was completed, the Buddha image was brought from another temple and enshrined here. Later locals named the image ?Luang Pho Wat Rai Khing?. The Buddha image is of Chiang Saen style and is assumed to have been built by Lanna Thai and Lan Chang craftsmen.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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