Special arch for Wesak Day


A worker putting finishing touches to the 18.3m-high Thorana at the Buddhist Maha Vihara temple. — Photos: Samuel Ong/The Star

IT took more than two weeks for 17 people to assemble a specially made Thorana at the Buddhist Maha Vihara temple in Brickfields.

A Thorana is an arched gateway built for ceremonial purposes in Hindu and Buddhist architecture.

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