Wat Hosian, Luang Prabang

Wat Hosian presently under restoration.

Wat Hosian is a Lao temple in Luang Prabang. It is located along the Chao Fa Ngum Road, the main road in Luang Prabang. To enter it, you climb a short flight of steps flanked on both sides with silver naga balustrades. The balustrades are very interesting in that at the end of it, the mouth of the naga spews out several smaller nagas.

When I visited Wat Hosian, its sim - ordination hall - was undergoing restoration. Around the compound are a few stupas, a drum house, and very simple quarters for the monks, built like rural houses, on stilts. Next door to Wat Hosian, accessible via a short flight of stairs going down the slope, is Wat That.

The entrance into Wat Hosian is via this flight of steps flanked with naga balustrades.

Coming out of the mouth of the main naga are several smaller nagas.

The sim of Wat Hosian.

The monks of Wat Hosian stay in very simple quarters.

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