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			{{Short description\|Buddhist temple in Luang Prabang, Laos}}
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	~~[[File:~~Luang Prabang-Phou Si-10-Santi Chedi-gje.jpg\|~~thumb~~\|~~upright~~=~~1.2~~\|Wat Phol Phao - Santi Chedi]]		\| name = Wat Pa Phon Phao
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			\| caption = Wat Phol Phao - Santi Chedi
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			\| location = [[Luang Prabang]]
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			\| religious_affiliation = [[Buddhism]]
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			\| country = [[Laos]]
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	'''Wat Pa Phon Phao''', also '''Wat Phon Phao''', '''Wat Phonphao''', or '''Wat Phol Phao''', meaning "Peacefulness Temple",<ref name="WhiteEmmons2011">{{cite book\|last1=White\|first1=Daniel\|last2=Emmons\|first2=Ron\|last3=Eveland\|first3=Jennifer\|author4=Lin-Liu, Jen \|title=Frommer's Southeast Asia\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m_-R5_if_AsC&pg=PA661\|accessdate=6 February 2013\|date=9 June 2011\|publisher=John Wiley & Sons\|isbn=978-1-118-08767-1\|page=661}}</ref> is a Buddhist temple situated on a hill in the southeast of [[Luang Prabang]], [[Laos]], across the [[Nam Khan]] River from [[Luang Prabang Airport]].<ref>{{Google maps \| url = https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=19.883056,102.150278&spn=0.01,0.01&t=h&q=19.883056,102.150278 \| accessdate =6 February 2013}}</ref> The temple, a golden stupa,<ref name="White2010">{{cite book\|last=White\|first=Daniel\|title=Frommer's Cambodia and Laos\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7RqcdCf6nMkC&pg=PA280\|accessdate=6 February 2013\|date=1 March 2010\|publisher=John Wiley & Sons\|isbn=978-0-470-49778-4\|page=280}}</ref> is used as a forest meditation retreat, and was once headed by the abbot [[Ajahn Saisamut]], a noted Lao Buddhist teacher.<ref name="BurkeVaisutis2007">{{cite book\|last1=Burke\|first1=Andrew\|last2=Vaisutis\|first2=Justine\|title=Laos\|url=https://archive.org/details/laos00burk\|url-access=registration\|accessdate=6 February 2013\|date=1 August 2007\|publisher=Lonely Planet\|isbn=978-1-74104-568-0\|page=[https://archive.org/details/laos00burk/page/145 145]}}</ref> His funeral in 1992 was one of the largest funeral services Laos had ever seen. The temple has a fine collection of murals, some of them gruesome in nature.		'''Wat Pa Phon Phao''', also '''Wat Phon Phao''', '''Wat Phonphao''', or '''Wat Phol Phao''', meaning "Peacefulness Temple",<ref name="WhiteEmmons2011">{{cite book\|last1=White\|first1=Daniel\|last2=Emmons\|first2=Ron\|last3=Eveland\|first3=Jennifer\|author4=Lin-Liu, Jen \|title=Frommer's Southeast Asia\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m_-R5_if_AsC&pg=PA661\|accessdate=6 February 2013\|date=9 June 2011\|publisher=John Wiley & Sons\|isbn=978-1-118-08767-1\|page=661}}</ref> is a Buddhist temple situated on a hill in the southeast of [[Luang Prabang]], [[Laos]], across the [[Nam Khan]] River from [[Luang Prabang Airport]].<ref>{{Google maps \| url = https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=19.883056,102.150278&spn=0.01,0.01&t=h&q=19.883056,102.150278 \| accessdate =6 February 2013}}</ref> The temple, a golden stupa,<ref name="White2010">{{cite book\|last=White\|first=Daniel\|title=Frommer's Cambodia and Laos\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7RqcdCf6nMkC&pg=PA280\|accessdate=6 February 2013\|date=1 March 2010\|publisher=John Wiley & Sons\|isbn=978-0-470-49778-4\|page=280}}</ref> is used as a forest meditation retreat, and was once headed by the abbot [[Ajahn Saisamut]], a noted Lao Buddhist teacher.<ref name="BurkeVaisutis2007">{{cite book\|last1=Burke\|first1=Andrew\|last2=Vaisutis\|first2=Justine\|title=Laos\|url=https://archive.org/details/laos00burk\|url-access=registration\|accessdate=6 February 2013\|date=1 August 2007\|publisher=Lonely Planet\|isbn=978-1-74104-568-0\|page=[https://archive.org/details/laos00burk/page/145 145]}}</ref> His funeral in 1992 was one of the largest funeral services Laos had ever seen. The temple has a fine collection of murals, some of them gruesome in nature.

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	==External links==		==External links==
			*{{Commons category-inline\|Wat Phol Phao}}
	*[https://www.flickr.com/photos/scofo76/3759069886/ Photograph]		*[https://www.flickr.com/photos/scofo76/3759069886/ Photograph]
	*[http://www.lurvely.com/photo/7955330310/Disturbing_murals_at_Wat_Phol_Phao/ Photographs of murals]		*[http://www.lurvely.com/photo/7955330310/Disturbing_murals_at_Wat_Phol_Phao/ Photographs of murals]

	~~{{coord\|19\|52\|59\|N\|102\|9\|1\|E\|type:landmark\|display=title}}~~

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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Orphan|date=November 2015}}
[[File:Luang Prabang-Phou Si-10-Santi Chedi-gje.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Wat Phol Phao - Santi Chedi]]
'''Wat Pa Phon Phao''', also '''Wat Phon Phao''', '''Wat Phonphao''', or '''Wat Phol Phao''', meaning "Peacefulness Temple",<ref name="WhiteEmmons2011">{{cite book|last1=White|first1=Daniel|last2=Emmons|first2=Ron|last3=Eveland|first3=Jennifer|author4=Lin-Liu, Jen |title=Frommer's Southeast Asia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m_-R5_if_AsC&pg=PA661|accessdate=6 February 2013|date=9 June 2011|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-1-118-08767-1|page=661}}</ref> is a Buddhist temple situated on a hill in the southeast of [[Luang Prabang]], [[Laos]], across the [[Nam Khan]] River from [[Luang Prabang Airport]].<ref>{{Google maps | url = https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=19.883056,102.150278&spn=0.01,0.01&t=h&q=19.883056,102.150278 | accessdate =6 February 2013}}</ref> The temple, a golden stupa,<ref name="White2010">{{cite book|last=White|first=Daniel|title=Frommer's Cambodia and Laos|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7RqcdCf6nMkC&pg=PA280|accessdate=6 February 2013|date=1 March 2010|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-0-470-49778-4|page=280}}</ref> is used as a forest meditation retreat, and was once headed by the abbot [[Ajahn Saisamut]], a noted Lao Buddhist teacher.<ref name="BurkeVaisutis2007">{{cite book|last1=Burke|first1=Andrew|last2=Vaisutis|first2=Justine|title=Laos|url=https://archive.org/details/laos00burk|url-access=registration|accessdate=6 February 2013|date=1 August 2007|publisher=Lonely Planet|isbn=978-1-74104-568-0|page=[https://archive.org/details/laos00burk/page/145 145]}}</ref> His funeral in 1992 was one of the largest funeral services Laos had ever seen. The temple has a fine collection of murals, some of them gruesome in nature.

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.flickr.com/photos/scofo76/3759069886/ Photograph]
*[http://www.lurvely.com/photo/7955330310/Disturbing_murals_at_Wat_Phol_Phao/ Photographs of murals]

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