The rock formation with a Buddha footprint protrudes above the water in the middle of the Mekong river in Tha Uthen district in Nakhon Phanom, revealed by the drop in the water level. (Photo: Pattanapong Sripiachai)
NAKHON PHANOM: The water level in the Mekong river has dropped quickly and was only about 1.90 metres deep in this northeastern border province on Monday, the lowest this year.
The lack of water is being blamed on the many dams upstream in China, and this year’s poor rainfall. Levels in the Mekong’s tributaries are also very low.
As a result, rock formations on the river bed are clearly visible. They include a rock where, according to legend, a Buddha footprint was left in the middle of the Mekong river about 2,000 years ago.
The footprint, highly revered by the local people and regarded as…
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