Haw Pha Bang is described here from institutional and travel-documentation sources about the shrine itself, which is a straightforward basis for facts like construction dates and its role housing the Phra Bang Buddha image in Luang Prabang. The shrine was commissioned in 1963 by King Sisavang Vatthana, halted by the 1975 revolution, and only completed in 2006, a history that is well documented and not seriously disputed. Where this kind of institutional and touristic material is thinner is on the image's own devotional and political meaning across Lao history, its movements between capitals, and its role in royal legitimacy, which asks for closer historical or art-historical treatment than a site description provides. Use it for the structure and its date; look further for the image's contested wartime and post-revolutionary history.
Facts
Assessment
Reliability Tier2
Custodial/institutional self-account (a temple's own record of its holdings or site). Temples and other institutional self-accounts sit at tier 2; tier 3 is reserved for a tradition's own account of its own teachings and practice, not an institutional record about holdings and history. NotesHaw Pha Bang's own custodial record for the object it holds. A standing institutional or private-holder record, not a scholarly publication; use for provenance and holding-institution facts, not for the object's own history or meaning.
Citation
PublisherDepartment of Information, Culture and Tourism of Luang Prabang Province (Tourism Luang Prabang)
URLhttps://tourismluangprabang.org/things-to-do/culture-history/national-museum/
Source Typetemple
Custodian
Custodian SourceYes
Custodian BodyHaw Pha Bang
Custodian BasisThe temple's own account of its construction history and its custody of the Phra Bang image.
Claims Backed By This Source (18 claims)
This source backs 18 claims across the atlas. As facts: 14 well-attested. As cited relationships: 3 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 9 claims: 9 well-attested.
- Custodians & Museums, 6 claims: 3 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 general references.
- Articles, 2 claims: 2 well-attested.
- Artifacts & Relics, 1 claims: 1 holds.
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