Wat Manik (Wat Thepwanaram)
Buddhist temple · Si Sunthon
A forest temple in Si Sunthon, founded in the late 1970s on a former burial ground among rubber plantations.
Buddhist temple
About Wat Manik (Wat Thepwanaram)
An open forest temple in Si Sunthon, about ten minutes inland, set up by monks in 1977 on what had been a burial ground. Most people come for the market and never reach the back, where a large white chedi is rising. A gold-robed seated Buddha, a red and gold ordination hall and a gilded monk's figure are the things to find. Free.
Also known as Wat Thepwanaram, Wat Mahanik
As the record has it
Good to know
- What to see
A red and gold ordination hall ringed by boundary stones.
A large seated white Buddha with a gold robe under the trees by the road.
A big white chedi being built at the back of the grounds.
A monk's figure so thickly covered in gold leaf that its robe has almost disappeared.
- Best time
Any daylight hour for a quiet look round.
- Events
The kathin ceremony after the rainy-season retreat, when local families set up free food stations across the grounds.
Si Sunthon district