Cave of thousands of Buddha

Once you make a trip to Luang Prabang, Pak Ou cave should be included in the list of destinations to visit for not only its unique, mystery, spiritual but also historical values. You will also realize that the past of Pak Ou cave is far more than the arrival of Buddhism in this country.
 
Pak Ou cave consists of the limestone cave Tham Ting ( lower cave) and Tham Theung ( Upper cave) located near centre of Luang Prabang in the province Luang Prabang of Laos. Those beautiful caves are reached by boat, which takes about 2 hours from centre Luang Prabang, has attracted many tourists to visit. There are more than 4000 impressive carved Buddha statues in the caves.
Tourists enjoy the magnificent scene both sides of the Mekong river on sails upstream to the caves. Now, with the budget help of Sweden, visitors are able to reach Pak Ou by road through Shang Hay village which is famous for making jars and rice wine.
 
 
More than 4000 old Buddha statues aged 300 years old with all sizes and shapes hidden by Lao people at night after sailing away from the enemy when the former capital of Luang Prabang was invaded.
In the monarch institution period, the King visited the Buddha cave on Pimay festival ( Laos water festival) and stayed overnight at a royal pagoda in Pak Ou village as an annual tradition. Lao people also used boats upstream from Luang Prabang to Mae Nam Kong to reach Pak Ou cave to practice the scented perfume bathing ritual for Buddha.
 
There are about 200 ladder stairs from lower to upper caves with thousands of very big or very small, intact or chipped and mostly damaged Buddha statues laid out over the cave wall shelves.  Pak Ou cave becomes a famous holy pilgrimage place and also tourist attraction.
For more walking around, you can move forward and visit the nearby Kuang Si waterfall, one of interesting tourist site point here.

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