It is the most devoutly Buddhist nation on earth, a land of glistening gilded pagodas and hand-carved sandstone temples tended by hushed, saffron-robed monks.

I associated it with bald, saffron-robed monks sitting cross-legged, mesmerized by yak candles, stretching their legs only to beat dreary gongs.

I passed a gaggle of saffron-robed monks from the Darlinghurst Temple, out hunting for alms, on the other side of the street.

Simbal watched a line of saffron-robed monks moving slowly past one of the palace's twelve gates.

As he climbed the broad steps, the Grand Patriarch feigned surprise when he encountered four saffron-robed monks walking gingerly downward.

It is also at dawn that thousands of silent saffron-robed monks emerge from the riverside temples and take to the streets with begging bowls.

Already there is a Cambodian Buddhist temple with saffron-robed monks nearby.

Roditis caught glimpses of saffron-robed monks scuttling to and fro in the rear arcades.

He was obscured by a pair of saffron-robed monks, a number of whom lived year-round at Oiac Lam.

We passed a few groups of saffron-robed monks on the road; they stopped and looked at the car.