Chak Phra festival, Surat Thani 2024Wat Tha Sathon

See this boat in 360°

Thai name

วัดท่าสะท้อน

Location

Tha Sathon Subdistrict, Phunphin District, Surat Thani

Background

Formerly Wat Nak Nam, a name thought to come from a former abbot, Luang Pho Nak. The temple registry gives 1362 as the founding year. The original ubosot, believed to be Ayutthaya period, has compacted laterite walls with lime plaster. Under abbot Luang Pho Wichian a new central Thai-style ubosot was built over it; its foundation stone was laid in 1982.

What to see

• Old Ayutthaya-period ubosot, inside the new ubosot
• Stone Buddha images by local southern craftsmen
• Remains of an ancient chedi, only the square base surviving, where much ancient pottery and ceramics were excavated
• Waterfront gate with wood carving of Rahu swallowing the moon
• Open-sided sermon hall with painted gable showing the life of the Buddha
• Original boundary stone (sema) bases