The world’s tallest Ganesha statue is not in India or Nepal, but in Chachoengsao, Thailand. It is not hundreds of years old but was built in 2012. The construction of this bronze Ganesh statue was started in 2009 and was completed in 2012. The statue is 39 meters (almost 128 feet) tall combining the base. This is almost as tall as 14 story building.
This is the tallest standing Ganesha statue in the world. It has 4 hands. Upper right hand holding jack fruit, upper left hand holding sugar cane, lower right hand holding banana, and lower left hand holding a mango. The statue was built on 40,000 square meters of land in Chachoengsao, to watch over the land and stand in harmony with the local way of living and economy.
Lord Ganesh is a popular Hindu god who helps people get past any obstacles and achieve their goals. Ganesh is worshipped by all classes of people and also worshipped by people from different beliefs and religions. The worship of Ganesh in Thailand emerged in the era when ...
Wat Tham Krabok วัดถ้ำกระบอก, Temple of the Bamboo Cave, is a Buddhist temple (wat) in the Phra Phutthabat District of Saraburi Province, Thailand.
Wat Tham Krabok is a Buddhist temple located in the Phra Phutthabat District of Saraburi Province, Thailand. It was first established as a monastery in 1957 by a Buddhist nun, Mian Parnchand (generally known as Luang Por Yai), and her two nephews, Chamroon and Charoen Parnchand. The temple was granted official 'Wat' status in 2012.
Wat Tham Krabok is known for its heroin and opium drug rehabilitation program, which was started in 1959. Over 100,000 heroin and opium addicts have since gone through the detox program, which consists of Buddhist meditation, induced vomiting, and the consumption of a secret detoxification potion composed of many different herbs.
In addition to its drug rehabilitation program, Wat Tham Krabok has also served as a refuge for Hmong refugees. After the end of the Vietnam War in the late 1970s, the ...
Prasat Ku Ka Sing ปราสาทกู่กาสิงห์
Substantial-sized, partially intact, temple situated within the grounds of Wat Burapha in Ku Ka Sing Town in the southern reaches of Roi Et province.
The vestiges display a classic, mid-period, Khmer sanctuary layout with a central shrine featuring a pair of adjacent, connecting towers and an east-facing porch, while a surrounding laterite wall includes four, large cruciform gopuras. A pair of libraries sit in the southeast and northeast quadrants. The latter are particularly large, almost equal in size to the main shrine. There are traces of a now dry, probably horse-shoe-shaped, moat.
The structure's base, enclosing wall and libraries use laterite while the central shrine shows sandstone blocks in its lower sections topped with walls of brick. (Most of the upper parts of the towers and roofs are today missing.) Several, additional sandstone elements such as window and door frames as well as colonettes and lintels are on site and the...
Prasat Hin Wat Sa Kamphaeng Noi - ปราสาทสระกำแพงน้อย
Prasat Hin Wat Sa Kamphaeng Noi is a historical site located in Si Saket Province, Thailand. It is a hospital chapel or Arogayasala built by Jayavarman VII, situated in a modern monastery. The site consists of a small redented tower built in laterite, facing east and located in a small enclosure of 35 x 20 meters. This structure was built during the reign of Jayavarman VII in the Bayon style of late 12th to early 13th century as the chapel for an hospital. The site is a shrine of the Mahayana Buddhists.
The site is also known for its architectural features, including a big pond at the front and it is surrounded by laterite walls. It was once used for religious purposes and later served as a community hospital during the 13th century.
Prasat Hin Wat Sa Kamphaeng Noi is located approximately 8 kilometers from Si Sa Ket itself and easy to access by the main road that passes right next to the temple.
The site is...
