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Devas (minor divinities) accompanying a bodhisattva in heaven) (detail)

Phra Malai receives alms offerings from lay people (detail of the right side)

The birth tale of Candakumara: on the left, the god Indra descends from heaven to destroy a ceremonial parasol marking an evil ceremony created in order to sacrifice the hero Prince Candakumara. To the right Candakumara on the throne; he is about to be sacrificed on a pyre by the three evil brahimns who are seated before him

The monk Phra Malai receiving a lotus bouquet, from a poor woodcutter, to carry up to heaven to offer at the Chulamani Pagoda or Chedi (Detail of left side)

The god Narada descending from heaven to dispel evil doctrines (left). To his right a princess on the throne and, with two attendants, prays for help from heaven. This story of Nerada is one of the last ten birth tales of the Buddha's previous livess

The monk Phra Malai and the god Indra conversing

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The monk Phra Malai receiving a lotus bouquet, from a poor woodcutter, to carry up to heaven to offer at the Chulamani Pagoda or Chedi (Detail of left side)

Devas (minor divinities) accompanying a bodhisattva in heaven) (detail)

The monk Phra Malai and the god Indra conversing

Phra Malai receives alms offerings from lay people (detail of the right side)