Temple made of glass bottles


	Temple made of glass bottles
CrazyRedHead
10-30-2008 9:18 AM
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architecture, art, ecology, green
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10-30-2008 3:06 PM
gwydas
Wow.
10-31-2008 12:44 AM
merrie
. . . . fantastic!
the Buddhist monks have created a beautiful work of art by using the resources that they had available.
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