Chak Phra festival, Surat Thani 2024Wat Si Suwan
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See this boat in 360°- Thai name
- วัดศรีสุวรรณ
- Location
- Village 2, Samo Thong Subdistrict, Tha Chana District, Surat Thani
- Background
- A Maha Nikaya temple; the registry gives 1903 as the founding year. Its most revered monk is Luang Pho Thuam (Phra Suwan Sumongkhon), born in Ban Samo Thong on 28 December 1922, abbot from 1959, who died aged 95. He said the name Samo Thong (golden anchor) came from a storm-tossed Chinese junk that stopped only when its golden anchor was dropped here.
- What to see
- The "golden anchor" (samo thong) in the temple grounds, listed in the Ministry of Culture database
- Luang Pho Thuam Khemacharo (Phra Suwan Sumongkhon), former abbot and Tha Chana District's first monk of royal ecclesiastical rank
- Merit-making for Luang Pho Thuam's birthday every 28 December, with a black sticky rice feeding ceremony
- Wat Si Suwan School
Map and directions
Directions in Google MapsCoordinates 9.56283, 99.14913
Sources (in Thai)
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