Chak Phra festival, Surat Thani 2024Wat Tha Sai
No. 104 on the listContest entry no. 94
See this boat in 360°- Thai name
- วัดท่าไทร
- Location
- 324 Village No. 2, Tha Thong Mai Subdistrict, Kanchanadit District, Surat Thani
- Background
- An old Maha Nikaya temple of Kanchanadit District; the temple registry gives 1657 as the founding year. Its key monk is Luang Pho Chom Khunaramo (Phra Khru Dittharam Khanasai), abbot from 1928. Under Phra Thep Phiphatthanaphon (Chuchat Kantawanno), abbot from 1980, it was named a model developed temple for 1990 and a provincial education park in 1993.
- What to see
- Concrete ordination hall (ubosot) with three-tiered Thai roof of green glazed tiles; carved, mother-of-pearl inlaid doors and windows
- Cloister around the ubosot with 36 Buddha images in various postures
- Gilded brass principal Buddha image, 58 inches across the lap, and the original laterite image
- Shrine (mondop) with a life-size statue of Luang Pho Chom
- Model developed temple 1990; provincial education park 1993
Map and directions
Directions in Google MapsCoordinates 9.14769, 99.39047
Sources (in Thai)
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