3 July 18 - to Aug 15 - 25/11/5 (4 Aug 15 - to Sep 15 - 20 Sep 15 - to 21 5- 16 July 18 to Aug 25 - 5 Sept 15 - 1 20 - 10 3 In the central temple is the great standing statue of Buddha. We approached it through a side door where we were required to remove our hats - at our right under a pavilion-like entrance sat mini priests clad in dirty yellow robes, beating drums and cymbals chanting his holy verse, as we passed into the door of the main temple behind a picturesque curtain of women & men, an old paint [illegible] with a few drops of holy water from an ornate im bottle. The people rubbed it on their faces as they passed into the temple. Directly in the middle of the room stand ing in a huge lotus covered basin placed was a colossal gilt statue of Buddha, about 80 feet high. His hands are great allow more crossed, and his enormous arms fingers just met across his breast. At this side are two snake-like spirals of brass, on other side was sun pillar, swathed in brilliant pieces of brilliance