Situated 25 km away from Vientiane, this park - also known as Xieng Khuan - was built in 1958 by a priest-shaman who integrated Buddhism and Hinduism is home to some 200 reinforced-concrete statues supernatural figures and deities from both religions - the Buddha (including one 40 meters high) and celestial gods majestically depicted and imaginative demon statues are quite grotesque and eccentric. Bizarre examples include a god with 12 faces and five arms, a three-headed elephant, and a three-story pumpkin decorated like Satan’s mouth (and also provides a panoramic view from its top).
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