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Thepictorial book presents the visual context which contains more than 150 color photographs of rich variety of architectureandmonumentaltemples;Buddha statues; paintings; and sacred objects represented Buddhism in Thailand.
Thedepictions of the Buddhaimages and temple architecture vary widely across the country, revealing regional differences and brilliant expression in cultural/artistic symbolism of the Thais since ancient times.
The art and iconographyof Thai Buddhist were influenced by Hindu beliefs,just as it did in Cambodia, butlessdeclined with more modern temples. Thereforeit is common to seestatues ofHindu deities in most temples around the country.When one travels toBuddhist temples far and wide, onecan get insight into the cultureand stories of Thai Buddhism which may be different totheirneighbors whohavethe same Theravada tradition.
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