
Chak Phra festival, Surat Thani 2024Wat Phra Mahathat Khiri Inthra Wihan
No. 91 on the listContest entry no. 81
- Thai name
- วัดพระมหาธาตุคีรีอินทรวิหาร
- Location
- Village No. 5, Kapao Subdistrict, Khiri Rat Nikhom District, Surat Thani
- Background
- Founded in 1871 as Wat Yan Maprang by Phra Muang, Khun Luang In and Khun Luang Wichian, who rallied villagers to build monks' quarters and a hall. It was later renamed Wat Inthrawat and took its present name on 13 November 2009. A Maha Nikaya temple, it last received its consecrated boundary (wisungkhamsima) on 27 February 2004.
- What to see
- Phra Mahathat Chedi Khiri Si Wichai, enshrining Buddha relics (installed 2 August 2011)
Map and directions
Directions in Google MapsCoordinates 8.97653, 98.92044
Sources (in Thai)
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