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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Wat Yannawa Boat Temple, Bangkok

Wat Yannawa (วัดยานนาวา) is an old Buddhist temple in Bangkok built during the Ayutthaya period. Wat Yannawa is a temple with a very unusual structure, in the shape of a Chinese junk. The Wat Yannawa temple has a unique junk shaped chedi and viharn built by King Phra Bat Somdet Phra Nangklao Chao Yu Hua […]

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