digital photograph
1969-73 (building construction)
1975 (original mural painting)
After the failed attempt by the infant girl Nang Sida to kill him, Hapkanasouane ejects her violently from his palace, throwing her a great distance through the sky, the child still clutching onto her knife. Protected by the gods, she eventually fall into a lily pond, unhurt.
Panel 9 (detail), Vat Keng, Vang Vieng
complete temple interior murals of Phralak-Phralam, the Lao Ramayana, at Vat Keng