The main Temple at Wat Phu - Not big but very pretty

Photographer: Ben & Jo
From: Champasak

The main Temple at Wat Phu - Not big but very pretty

The main Shrine or “Thevalay” - Originally devoted to the Hindu god Shiva, but was subsequently transformed into a Buddhist shrine in the 13th-14th century. When in working order, water from the mountain spring would run down from the cliff-face via a series of aqueducts into the rear chamber where it would shower upon the Buddha image before flowing down the slopes of the temple into the Barays below