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Wangapeka Archives 1982-3:
Building the Pagoda
See also Recollections: the Ven. Sayadaw U Thila Wunta building the Pagoda and recent Pagoda photos.
from above
Pagoda site
from below, showing Namgyal Hut and the original Skydancer Hut
Pagoda site
13-base1
Pagoda base
14-base2
Pagoda base
15-base3
Pagoda base
of bricks
Building the Coursing
- still higher
Coursing
at the top
Building the Coursing
24-offerings1
Blessing the Offerings
25-offerings2
Installing the Offerings
Protecting the plastering
The 'Buddha in his robes'
and the plastering of the Pagoda
The Ven. Sayadaw
28-plastering2
The final shaping
at the top
The Ven. Sayadaw
to install the Pagoda crown
Formal procession
- the crown of the Pagoda
Installing the 'umbrella'
of the Pagoda
Meditation during the consecration
with the consecrated Pagoda
The Ven. Sayadaw U Thila Wunta
complete
Pagoda
painted gold with a white base.
Pagoda a year later
Mountain man against the Devil's Thumb
The Ven. Sayadaw U Thila Wunta
with staff and rosary
The Ven. Sayadaw U Thila Wunta
- rainbows abounded during his visit
The Ven. Sayadaw U Thila Wunta
44-underbirch
The Ven. Sayadaw U Thila Wunta
45-whiteclouds
The Ven. Sayadaw U Thila Wunta

Photos by Gregg Devereux 1982-3.
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