Chak Phra festival, Surat Thani 2024Wat Bang Phla
No. 12 on the listContest entry no. 2
See this boat in 360°- Thai name
- วัดบางพลา
- Location
- Village 5, Li Let Subdistrict, Phunphin District, Surat Thani
- Background
- A Maha Nikaya temple in the Li Let community, founded in 1861 as Wat Kaeo Pradittharam and later renamed after the phla trees common in the area. The ordination hall's boundary stones were laid twice, the second time about 1907 under the abbot Pho Than Khruen. The royal boundary grant (wisungkhamasima) came on 2 May 2002.
- What to see
- Old ordination hall (ubosot) consecrated twice
- Wat Bang Phla School, on temple land
Map and directions
Directions in Google MapsCoordinates 9.18868, 99.25343
Sources (in Thai)
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