Hello everyone. This post, I will introduce and take everyone to see another beautiful temple. This temple is called Wat Phrathat Chom Muak Kaeo. Wat Phrathat Chom Muak Kaeo is located in Ban Dong Mafueng, Chom Muak Kaeo Subdistrict, Mae Lao District, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand. History of Wat Phrathat Chom Muak Kaeo, there is no information or evidence as to when this temple was built. But from the stories of the villagers about this temple about over 100 years ago. This temple is probably an old temple, more than over 100 years old.
We had the opportunity to visit this temple by chance. That day I take my wife, my wife's mother and my granddaughter to the zoo in Chiang Rai province. While we were going home, We see this temple. So we stopped by this temple before go home in Chiang Mai Province. Our house is about 100 kilometers from this temple.
This temple is on the side of the road. The atmosphere of the road in front of the temple.
When we arrived at this temple, we saw a large name plate of the temple on the roadside. Area the right of the temple name plate is a statue of Ganesha.
This temple is a large temple with a wide area but no temple walls. When walking inside the temple, there will be a wide courtyard with many large trees. In the wide courtyard there is a white pagoda. The foundation of the pagoda is a large polygon room. And area front of the pagoda there is a buddha statue and a statue of Lord Buddha.
Inside the foundation of this white pagoda are several small buddha statues.
In addition, there is also a small pavilion in the large courtyard. Inside the pavilion, there are many buddha statues.
The area to the left of the pagoda is a low hill. The area on the low hill, there is a Chinese style pavilion. Inside this Chinese style pavilion is a statue of the goddess of mercy (Quan Yin).
And the area on the low hill is a buddhist park too. Area this buddhist park there are large buddha statues and small buddha statues, approximately 108 buddha statues.
Area the right of the white pagoda is a low mountain. On the low mountain is also home to this temples too. There are 2 routes to journey up this mountain : Driving to go up a mountain or walking up stairs. The railing of the stairs leading up the mountain has two serpent statues. But we chose to drive up the mountain.
There are 2 floors on the mountain. The first floor is a small parking lot. This area has many buddha statues.
Low stairs for going up to the 2nd floor. Area the stairs, there are swan and gong statues.
On the 2nd floor there is another pagoda of the temple. But this pagoda is a color gold pagoda and the foundation of pagoda has no room.
Additionally on the 2nd floor, there are 4 pavilions and each pavilion has a buddha image.
The first pavilion is in front of the pagoda.
The second pavilion is a small pavilion. Inside the pavilion is a statue of King Naresuan.
The third pavilion has many buddha statues and statues of novices.
The fourth pavilion has a buddha protected by the hood of the mythical serpent with beautiful oil paintings on the back and sides of this buddha image.
The 2nd floor of the mountain also has a wide terrace, which has a viewpoint on the mountain too. You can enjoy the natural scenery in that area.
These are the stories and photos of Wat Phrathat Chom Muak Kaeo I want to share for this post. Invite everyone to watch and enjoy my stories and photos. Have a great day. See you next time. Thank you for your support and visiting my post. Bye 🤗
🌏 Wat Phrathat Chom Muak Kaeo is located in Chom Muak Kaeo Subdistrict, Mae Lao District, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand.
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