{"id":1306,"date":"2014-09-11T18:57:33","date_gmt":"2014-09-11T18:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mangosteen-phuket.com\/?page_id=1306"},"modified":"2021-11-24T18:45:25","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T11:45:25","slug":"phuket-big-buddha-chalong-temple","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mangosteen-phuket.com\/phuket-big-buddha-chalong-temple\/","title":{"rendered":"Phuket Big Buddha & Chalong Temple"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Phuket Big Buddha<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/az_column_text][az_column_text]In 2004 a group of friends were walking through the forest in the Nakkerd Hills between Chalong and Kata when they stumbled upon a place with stunning vistas of both sides of the island \u2013 Chalong Bay lay in one direction while on the other they looked down over Kata and the Andaman Sea. It would, they thought, make a perfect place for a viewpoint \u2013 something that could become as well-known as Phuket\u2019s favorite sunset viewpoint, at Laem Phromthep.<\/p>\n

As time went on, and as the friends discussed it again and again, the idea evolved. The place in the hills, they soon agreed, would be perfect not just as a viewpoint, but as the site for something much more ambitious and, to Buddhists at least, much more significant: a giant image of the Lord Buddha<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The project had its hiccups, not least of which was battling through a mountain of red tape required to get permits to build in virgin forest at a height above the usual building limit.<\/p>\n

Funds for the massive structure came and still come entirely from donations. \u201cThis project is huge and requires a lot of money. But so far, we are managing just fine. I\u2019m amazed at the amount of help we have received from everyone who knows about this project. It seems they all want to be a part of it,\u201d explained Suporn Wanichkul, president of the Mingmongkol Faith 45 foundation, which was formed to build the Giant Buddha.<\/p>\n

There are, in fact, two Buddha images. A smaller one, 12 meters high, is made of 22 tons of brass and cost eight million baht.<\/p>\n

It is dwarfed by the giant Buddha image facing eastward toward Chalong Bay and Phang Nga Bay beyond. The Phra Puttamingmongkol Akenakkiri Buddha \u2013 to give it its official name \u2013 is 45 meters high and 25 meters across at the base.<\/p>\n

It cost about 30 million baht to complete the giant image. Khun Suporn says \u201cThe money has come from everywhere, from locals, from Thais in other provinces and from foreign tourists. With our website and the help, we have had from the press, we have even received donations from overseas.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Big Buddha of Phuket is easily visible from Mangosteen Ayurveda & Wellness Resort.<\/p>\n

Mangosteen Resort guests may book a taxi at the reception and combine a visit to the Big Buddha with a Chalong Temple tour.<\/span><\/strong>[\/az_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][az_blank_divider][az_single_image image=”1200″ image_mode=”img-full-responsive” image_alignment=”aligncenter”][az_blank_divider][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][az_column_text animation_loading=”yes” animation_loading_effects=”scale_up”]

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    Chalong Temple<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n[\/az_column_text][az_column_text]This is Phuket’s most important Buddhist temple<\/strong>. The temple is revered among Thais for its healing powers. The prayer hall contains the statues of three of the temples most venerated monks: Luang Por Chaem, Luang Por Chuang and Luang Por Gluam. However, it is Luang Por Chaem who is best known and who has given Wat Chalong its fame as a place of healing.<\/p>\n

    In 1876, during the reign of King Rama V, there was a rebellion by the Chinese tin miners, or \u201cAngyee\u201d. Luang Por Chaem (Lord Abbott Chaem), the abbot of the monastery at the time, helped to stop the rebellion and acted as a mediator in the peace. The abbot was also an herbal doctor and setter of bones, and his skills were called upon to heal those wounded during the fighting.<\/p>\n

    When visiting the temple people usually go to pay respect to the statues of the venerable monks, make offerings and ask for their blessing.<\/p>\n

    Chalong temple is just 10 minutes away<\/strong> from Mangosteen Ayurveda & Wellness Resort. Use the Underpass at Chalong Circle, direction Wat Chalong. You will see the entrance after 6 km on the right side.[\/az_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][az_blank_divider][az_column_text]

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