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Xieng Khuan (Buddha Sculpture Park)
 Street address: Thanon Thadeua km 27, Ban Xieng Khuan, Muong Hadsayfong, Vientiane, Laos
Telephone: 856 (0) 21 820286
Mailing address: c/o Student Photographic Enterprise, Thanon Paktanh, Ban Dongnasoke, Muang Sikhottabong, Vientiane, Laos
Proprietor: Private Company on behalf of Hadsayfong District Service of Information and Culture
Contact: Khamlek Lasamy Manager
Opening hours: 8am-12pm, 1pm-4pm daily, closed public holidays
Situated 27 kilometres west of Vientiane and five kilometres beyond the Friendship Bridge, this park was established in 1958 by Luang Pu Bounleua Surirat, a well-known priest and mystic who sought to merge Hindu and Buddhist philosophy, mythology and iconography. It contains some 200 concrete statues of the Buddha, Arjuna, Avalokiteshvara, Shiva and Vishnu, created by unskilled artists under Luang Pu's guidance. At one end of the park is the savan where the spirits of good people are believed to reside and bring harmony to the land. Luang Pu Bounleua Surirat moved to Thailand in 1975 and also established a similar park - Sala Kaew Ku Sculpture Gardens - in Nongkhai. He passed away in 2004. Xieng Khuan Buddha Park is currently run as a concession by a private company.
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