Wat Songtham Worawihan, Samut Prakan

Wat Songtham Worawihan is an old Mon Buddhist Temple located in Phra Pradaeng, Samut Prakan, near the Chao Phraya River. The temple was built during the reign of King Jessadabodindra (Rama III). Wat Song Tham Worawihan contains a large Chedi in Mon style. The Viharn or Buddhist monastery is decorated with traditional teak and teak […]

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Wat Phra That Sawi, Chumphon

Wat Phra That Sawi is a Buddhist temple possibly built during the Ayutthaya period and situated along the Highway No.41, in Chumphon, Southern Thailand. An amazing temple built during the Ayutthaya period The temple was restored in 1916 and a new structure was made over the old one. At the front of the temple next […]

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Wat Sombon The Boat Temple, Sisaket

Wat Sombon in Thai วัดสมบุญ, is a very original Buddhist temple situated in Bueng Bun a district of Sisaket Province in Northeast Thailand, a region commonly referred to as Isan. A vessel-shaped temple in Northeastern Thailand Wat Sombon which literally means “the temple of the worthy merit”, was built with a very unusual structure in […]

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Prince Chumphon Boat Shrine, Bangkok

The Prince Chumphon Boat Shrine Monument (ศาลเจ้าพ่อกรมหลวงชุมพร) is a 79 meters long and 19 meters wide ship-shaped shrine located in Tha Kham, Bang Khun Thian, Bangkok. The temple was dedicated to Admiral Prince Abhakara Kiartivongse, Prince of Chumphon, who is regarded as the father of the Royal Thai Navy. On the deck of the shrine […]

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