Wat Xieng Thong built in 1560

These are only a few images of a vast complex that is in great need of repair/restoration.
The wat has an "entrance" of stairs that are about 25 feet wide and fall down, down to the road and then continue to the Mekong River. It reminds me of some Aztec or Mayan temples in this "approach"... It is on the tip of the Luang Prabang penninsula and must have been amazingly impressive......... I am also fascinated with the fact that Buddhism is so prevalent and important in SE Asia and not so much anymore in India where it began. The ancient Indian influences are still everywhere....... Mother India is alive here. I am glad we are going to get a "taste" of India just after leaving SE Asia....... more enlightenment to flow.