White Elephants and White Ants!
Pigment on wood; Height: 44.5 cm . Width: 55 cm .Vessantara Jataka, Chapter 2 - Kalinga Brahmins are Given the White Elephant.
Artist : Thai Bobo ; Walters Art Museum
God Indra rides a mighty multi-tusked
white elephant . Mahatma Buddha’s mother had dreams of a white elephant entering
her womb when Buddha was conceived. Jataka Katha mentions that Buddha appeared as a supernatural white elephant in two of
his past lives. White elephants are considered to represent divinity ; good future;peace and wealth in the east . They are prized possessions for royalty and the King of Thailand is believed to posses ten white elephants. Public is not is allowed to see them though. A rarity in the wild too; they are hard to find.
White ants however are not that rare. they are very common indeed and some times a very useful excuse since they can eat away books and documents. Books that you do not want to read and the documents that you do not wish to come to light!
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