Chak Phra festival, Surat Thani 2024Wat Khuha
No. 63 on the listContest entry no. 53
See this boat in 360°- Thai name
- วัดคูหา
- Location
- Chang Khwa Subdistrict, Kanchanadit District, Surat Thani
- Background
- Commonly called Wat Tham Khuha, at the foot of a small isolated limestone hill. The temple registry gives 1657 as the founding year. Buddha images and unfired clay works from roughly the 7th–9th centuries found in the cave suggest a religious site since the Dvaravati period. The cave, a registered ancient monument since 3 January 1937, holds about 50 Buddha images and Mahayana clay reliefs.
- What to see
- Khuha Cave, ancient monument registered in 1937
- Gilded and lacquered stucco reclining Buddha in the cave
- Unfired clay bas-reliefs on the cave walls and ceiling
- Principal Buddha image of the ubosot in Maravijaya posture, 96-inch lap width, made 1987
- Ordination hall (ubosot), built 1982
- Two-storey Thai-style sermon hall, 1957
Map and directions
Directions in Google MapsCoordinates 9.15482, 99.47145
Sources (in Thai)
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