Stockton Rural Cemetery

The Rural Cemetery in Stockton was founded in 1861 and contains many residents that are well known for their successes and failures. Some were pillars of the community, others were, well, of ill repute.

I don't know who the fellow buried above is but he has an interesting tombstone. A quick look at the hand pointing up suggests that perhaps the wrong finger is raised. However, if you count the fingers you see that it is indeed the index find and the thumb is in an unexpected place. Still, it catches you attention.

Wat Dhammararam Buddhist Temple - II

 

Most of the other statues are depicting more serene scenes that seen in the last post. The one above seems be Buddha in a calm state, meditating.

Wat Dhammararam Buddhist Temple

Stockton is about an hour away and has a fascinating Buddhist Temple, the Wat Dhammararam. There are acres of statues, about 100 of them, most in brilliant colors to grab your attention. Generally, they tell the story of the life of Siddhartha and his transformation to be the Buddha. Individually, I am much less certain about what they are. Signs, such as there are, are in Cambodian and unintelligible to me.