Its full name Wat Rat Upatam means ‘the temple that has been supported by locals’ and it has an interesting story attached to it. Lung Por Chai, the abbot who founded the temple, once said there was no way that a poor temple without anything would become a grand place of worship.
Lung Por Chai had always been a monk on a pilgrimage but decided to settle as well as develop this temple. Almost 30 years ago, he was visiting this area and was asked by the locals to help them with a funeral ceremony as there was no other temple nearby that could support them in this kind of circumstance. His mother who moved to this village had also fallen ill and he wanted to be near her.
When asked why he had to build so many structures and gardens, he explained that it’s important to make a simple place more appealing to people, so that they would be more willing to come. Once they get here, there’s a chance that they would want to know more about dharma and Buddhism. Lung Por Chai is currently doing the same thing at Wat Bang Tong in Krabi.
Its full name Wat Rat Upatam means ‘the temple that has been supported by locals’ and it has an interesting story attached to it. Lung Por Chai, the abbot who founded the temple, once said there was no way that a poor temple without anything would become a grand place of worship.
Lung Por Chai had always been a monk on a pilgrimage but decided to settle as well as develop this temple. Almost 30 years ago, he was visiting this area and was asked by the locals to help them with a funeral ceremony as there was no other temple nearby that could support them in this kind of circumstance. His mother who moved to this village had also fallen ill and he wanted to be near her.
When asked why he had to build so many structures and gardens, he explained that it’s important to make a simple place more appealing to people, so that they would be more willing to come. Once they get here, there’s a chance that they would want to know more about dharma and Buddhism. Lung Por Chai is currently doing the same thing at Wat Bang Tong in Krabi.
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