Spiky Spheres

Upholding the law of the Ten Courts of Hell looks like a fierce job. It was the spiky spheres that caught my eye today.

This is part of the display at Tiger Balm Gardens, Singapore, first visited in the 1960s as a child when there were no warnings about the gory scenes, nor do I recall them being away from the path. The Ten Courts of Hell were just part of the fantastic gardens, but forty years on they are in a separate grotto in case parents wish to spare their children from the warnings of the consequences of immorality.