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Wat Rong Khun (Thai: วัดร่องขุ่น), better known as the White Temple, is a Buddhist temple in Pa O Don Chai, Mueang District, Chiang Rai province, Thailand. Situated outside the city of Chiang Rai , the temple attracts a large number of visitors, both Thai and foreign, making it one of Chiang Rai's most visited attractions.
The name of the Temple (Wat Phra That Doi Suthep) actually explains what the temple has. Phra entails of an honorific Buddha image, and That means a relic. [ 2 ] Combining the two tells that there is a relic of Buddha's in the sanctity of the Wat, and in this case it's half of Buddha's shoulder bone.
The inner temple of Wat Pha Lat. Wat Pha Lat was established in 1355 under the reign of King Kuena of Lanna (1355–1385) to honor a sacred white elephant.The elephant is said to have stopped to rest at the temple's future location before continuing up Wat Phra That Doi Suthep, where it eventually passed away.
Wat Phra Kaew, or Temple of the Emerald Buddha, is Thailand's primary and most important temple. There are 44,155 Buddhist temples in Thailand, as of 2025, according to the National Office of Buddhism. Of these, 311 are royal temples (Thai: พระอารามหลวง, RTGS: phra aram luang). The temples can also be categorized ...
Thai temple art and architecture is the art and architecture of Buddhist temples in Thailand. Temples are known as wat s, from the Pāḷi vāṭa , meaning "enclosure". A temple has an enclosing wall that divides it from the secular world.
Thailand is a country located in Mainland Southeast Asia with a history of over 700 years and is mainly Buddhist (Theravada Buddhism). Many people, however; still believe in and respect superstition, the supernatural, miracles, magic, animism, amulets, and the like. This is a list of locations in Thailand which are reported to be haunted or ...
The deaths of a Thai singer and a Singaporean tourist following visits to massage parlours in Thailand have caused shock and prompted warnings from doctors. Chayada Prao-hom, 20, died in a ...
In the 1990s, he received a donations from two Hong Kong businessmen, allowing him to build the Bak Lung-wong Temple in his hometown of Pattaya in Thailand. [2] [4] The temple, where he would spend the rest of his life, opened in 2007. [citation needed] Hundreds of people, all wearing white in a show of respect, began queueing outside the ...