Hey, this is Thailand you lot know! It's non simply Bangkok that has Buddhist temples, though the Grand Palace in addition to Wat Arun are pretty difficult to beat. Phuket has many Buddhist temples in addition to if you lot desire to encounter to a greater extent than than simply a beach, larn a gustation of local life, a temple is a real skillful house to start. The largest is Wat Chalong, which tin dismiss hold out quite busy amongst locals in addition to tourists, but every surface area has it's ain pocket-sized temple if you lot desire to a greater extent than of a local season in addition to a chip of history. In Kathu hamlet unopen to where I alive you lot discovery a Buddhist temple (Wat) in addition to a Chinese shrine. There are temples nigh all the brain beaches too. Not sure if I volition always weblog all the temples inwards Phuket, but I conduct keep done a lot!
Thalang Area
Thalang is a town correct inwards the pump of Phuket island, non nigh the beach, in addition to was in i lawsuit the spot of local government. In 1785, the people of Phuket rallied at Thalang to struggle off a Burmese invasion, a engagement that lives long inwards the history of Phuket. Wat Phra Nang Sang was built on the battleground in addition to a yearly festival celebrates the event. The Thalang surface area has some large in addition to of import historic temples...
Wat Phra Thong
• Wat Sri Sunthorn
• Wat Phra Nang Sang
• Wat Tha Reua Temple
Chalong Area
Wat Chalong is the largest Phuket temple in addition to the most visited. In the same surface area are other smaller local temples, non all blogged yet! I overstep Chalong temple well-nigh every day. It looks peculiarly prissy inwards the early on morning.
• Chalong Temple (Wat Chalong)
• Wat Luang Pu Supha
• Wat Ladthiwanaram
And of assort there's the Phuket Big Buddha which is also nigh Chalong sitting 400m higher upwardly body of body of water level. Not just a temple, but for certain a site of pilgrimage in addition to a house to nation prayers to the four winds.
(above) The Big Buddha, yet non quite 100% ready. But slap-up anyway!
Phuket Temples nigh the beaches
Most of the beach areas of Phuket also conduct keep older local communities fifty-fifty if the onetime manner of life has largely been swamped past times tourism. Before tourism hitting Phuket, hardly anyone lived past times the beach except angling families. If you lot larn off the beach in addition to expect on the dorsum roads you lot tin dismiss discovery the older areas, in addition to that's where you lot discovery the temples. More to come upwardly - it took me ages to larn accept some photos of Karon in addition to Kata temples, fifty-fifty though they're simply downward the route from my work! I yet desire to weblog a real prissy i upwardly nigh Nai Yang Beach.
• Nai Harn Temple
• Karon Temple
• Patong Temple
• Kamala Temple
• Kata Temple
• Wat Sawang Arom (Rawai)
Local Temples
All over Phuket, inwards every hamlet or tambon you lot volition discovery a temple. I similar the experience of the local temples. Every i has it's niggling differences in addition to they are niggling havens of peace away from daily life.
• Wat Kathu Temple
• Wat Khao Rang
• Wat Sapam
• Koh Sirey Temple
• Ket Ho Temple
• Sam Kong Temple
• Wat Kosit Wiharn
• Wat Thep Nimit
• Naka Temple
• Wat Manik
• Wat Mongkhon Nimit (in onetime purpose of Phuket Town)
• Wat Vichit Sangkaram
(above) Monk at Sam Kong Temple on the border of Phuket Town
Temples inwards Phang Nga nigh Phuket
Of assort all of Thailand is a temple. Now in addition to therefore nosotros mightiness catch a temple that is non inwards Phuket. We conduct keep stopped several times at Wat Suwan Kuha inwards Phang Nga province. Big reclining Buddha inwards a cave, monkeys, good worth a visit! Also on the manner to Phang Nga town is Wat Manee Sri Mahathat featuring a huge statue of a famous monk. And inwards Phang Nga town is Wat Thamtapan, a real strange house featuring statues of Buddhist Hell! Beyond the town, Wat Bang Riang is a actually stunning house to visit.
(above) Wat Bang Riang inwards Phang Nga
• Wat Bang Riang
• Wat Suwan Kuha
• Wat Thamtapan
• Wat Manee Sri Mahathat
Chinese Shrines
Many Chinese shrines are of import during the annual Phuket Vegetarian Festival which has been a Phuket tradition since the mid 19th century. There are many to a greater extent than than those listed below, generally inwards in addition to or therefore Phuket Town - I must larn them blogged sometime!
• Shrine on Patong Hill
• Kathu Village Shrine - More of Kathu Shrine
• Sam Kong Shrine
• Jui Tui Shrine
• Shrine of the Serene Light
• Tha Reua Shrine
(above) at Kathu Chinese Shrine
Most of the Phuket Temples in addition to places of worship on the weblog are Buddhist / Chinese. However, it's worth mentioning that Phuket has a sizeable Muslim population (around 25%?), in addition to at that spot are several quite large mosques or therefore the isle - therefore I wrote a weblog post service ... encounter Phuket Mosques. There are also quite a few Christian Churches inwards Phuket. There's a street inwards Phuket Town that features a mosque, Catholic church building in addition to Chinese shrine! There's also a Hindu temple in addition to a Sikh Gurdwara well-nigh adjacent to each other inwards Phuket Town. In Phuket the dissimilar religions in addition to beliefs mix together without whatsoever problems, a skillful example for the residuum of the world.
Phuket Temples - Map
Phuket Chinese Shrines - Map
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Thalang Area
Thalang is a town correct inwards the pump of Phuket island, non nigh the beach, in addition to was in i lawsuit the spot of local government. In 1785, the people of Phuket rallied at Thalang to struggle off a Burmese invasion, a engagement that lives long inwards the history of Phuket. Wat Phra Nang Sang was built on the battleground in addition to a yearly festival celebrates the event. The Thalang surface area has some large in addition to of import historic temples...
Wat Phra Thong• Wat Sri Sunthorn
• Wat Phra Nang Sang
• Wat Tha Reua Temple
Chalong Area
Wat Chalong is the largest Phuket temple in addition to the most visited. In the same surface area are other smaller local temples, non all blogged yet! I overstep Chalong temple well-nigh every day. It looks peculiarly prissy inwards the early on morning.
• Chalong Temple (Wat Chalong)
• Wat Luang Pu Supha
• Wat Ladthiwanaram
And of assort there's the Phuket Big Buddha which is also nigh Chalong sitting 400m higher upwardly body of body of water level. Not just a temple, but for certain a site of pilgrimage in addition to a house to nation prayers to the four winds.
(above) The Big Buddha, yet non quite 100% ready. But slap-up anyway!
Phuket Temples nigh the beaches
Most of the beach areas of Phuket also conduct keep older local communities fifty-fifty if the onetime manner of life has largely been swamped past times tourism. Before tourism hitting Phuket, hardly anyone lived past times the beach except angling families. If you lot larn off the beach in addition to expect on the dorsum roads you lot tin dismiss discovery the older areas, in addition to that's where you lot discovery the temples. More to come upwardly - it took me ages to larn accept some photos of Karon in addition to Kata temples, fifty-fifty though they're simply downward the route from my work! I yet desire to weblog a real prissy i upwardly nigh Nai Yang Beach.
• Nai Harn Temple
• Karon Temple
• Patong Temple
• Kamala Temple
• Kata Temple
• Wat Sawang Arom (Rawai)
Local Temples
All over Phuket, inwards every hamlet or tambon you lot volition discovery a temple. I similar the experience of the local temples. Every i has it's niggling differences in addition to they are niggling havens of peace away from daily life.
• Wat Kathu Temple
• Wat Khao Rang
• Wat Sapam
• Koh Sirey Temple
• Ket Ho Temple
• Sam Kong Temple
• Wat Kosit Wiharn
• Wat Thep Nimit
• Naka Temple
• Wat Manik
• Wat Mongkhon Nimit (in onetime purpose of Phuket Town)
• Wat Vichit Sangkaram
(above) Monk at Sam Kong Temple on the border of Phuket Town
Temples inwards Phang Nga nigh Phuket
Of assort all of Thailand is a temple. Now in addition to therefore nosotros mightiness catch a temple that is non inwards Phuket. We conduct keep stopped several times at Wat Suwan Kuha inwards Phang Nga province. Big reclining Buddha inwards a cave, monkeys, good worth a visit! Also on the manner to Phang Nga town is Wat Manee Sri Mahathat featuring a huge statue of a famous monk. And inwards Phang Nga town is Wat Thamtapan, a real strange house featuring statues of Buddhist Hell! Beyond the town, Wat Bang Riang is a actually stunning house to visit.
(above) Wat Bang Riang inwards Phang Nga
• Wat Bang Riang
• Wat Suwan Kuha
• Wat Thamtapan
• Wat Manee Sri Mahathat
Chinese Shrines
Many Chinese shrines are of import during the annual Phuket Vegetarian Festival which has been a Phuket tradition since the mid 19th century. There are many to a greater extent than than those listed below, generally inwards in addition to or therefore Phuket Town - I must larn them blogged sometime!
• Shrine on Patong Hill
• Kathu Village Shrine - More of Kathu Shrine
• Sam Kong Shrine
• Jui Tui Shrine
• Shrine of the Serene Light
• Tha Reua Shrine
(above) at Kathu Chinese Shrine
Most of the Phuket Temples in addition to places of worship on the weblog are Buddhist / Chinese. However, it's worth mentioning that Phuket has a sizeable Muslim population (around 25%?), in addition to at that spot are several quite large mosques or therefore the isle - therefore I wrote a weblog post service ... encounter Phuket Mosques. There are also quite a few Christian Churches inwards Phuket. There's a street inwards Phuket Town that features a mosque, Catholic church building in addition to Chinese shrine! There's also a Hindu temple in addition to a Sikh Gurdwara well-nigh adjacent to each other inwards Phuket Town. In Phuket the dissimilar religions in addition to beliefs mix together without whatsoever problems, a skillful example for the residuum of the world.
Phuket Temples - Map
Phuket Chinese Shrines - Map
Sumber http://jamie-monk.blogspot.com