a small temple, a faded relief and the ravages of time.

We must not despise the day of small things, @slowwalker.

It's questionable whether one can take a sacred thing from its proper setting and expect it to still retain its meaning seen in a different light.

There is a sadness here - one wonders from whence the pagoda came and if respect for things dictates that's where it should have remained.

Such profound musings, my friend, on a time-stained stone and the broken ties to the past from whence it came.