Chak Phra festival, Surat Thani 2024Tha Chana Subdistrict Administrative Organization (Wat Chai Tharawat)
No. 45 on the listContest entry no. 35
See this boat in 360°- Thai name
- วัดชัยธาราวาส
- Location
- Tha Chana Subdistrict, Tha Chana District, Surat Thani
- Background
- Better known locally as Wat Don Chai, this is one of the district's old Maha Nikaya temples; the registry gives 1780 as the founding year. The present ordination hall dates from 1950 and the Thai-style sermon hall from 1996. At the 2024 festival its boat took part under the name of the Tha Chana Subdistrict Administrative Organization.
- What to see
- Principal Buddha image in the ordination hall, Maravijaya posture, 50.8 inches across the lap and 69 inches tall, made 1917
- Principal Buddha image of the sermon hall, made 1990
- Buddha images in the alms-bowl-holding and pacifying-the-relatives postures
- Ordination hall (1950) and Thai-style sermon hall (1996)
Map and directions
Directions in Google MapsCoordinates 9.58070, 99.18585
Sources (in Thai)
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