Wat Thep Kasattri (Wat Ban Don)
Buddhist temple · Thep Krasatti
A forest temple at Ban Don that local tradition holds to be the first built on Phuket, linked to the family of the two heroines who defended Thalang.
Buddhist temple
About Wat Thep Kasattri (Wat Ban Don)
A quiet forest temple at Ban Don that tradition calls Phuket's oldest, near where the governor of Thalang once lived — the uncle of the two heroines who held off the Burmese. Under tall trees stand a great gold Buddha, a tiled ordination hall of 1871 with a reclining Buddha, and bronze statues of the sisters. Free to enter.
Also known as Wat Ban Don
As the record has it
Good to know
- What to see
A large gold seated Buddha with a metal halo wheel.
An old ordination hall from 1871, its walls covered with small Buddha tiles, and a gold reclining Buddha.
Bronze statues of the two heroine sisters beside the golden chedi.
Thep Krasatti district
On the map
Stands inThep Krasatti district