LUANG PHO TO TEMPLE IN SIKHIEW IS DEDICATED TO THIS FAMOUS MONK. LOCATED IN KHAO YAI NEAR KHAO YAI NATIONAL PARK, IT IS FAMOUS FOR ITS GRANTING WISHES SO COME HERE AND PETITION THIS FAMOUS MONK WHO LIVED SOME 250 YEARS AGO!

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THE GIANT STATUE OF LUANG PHO TO IS 13 METRES TALL, 8 METRES WIDE AT THE BASE AND WEIGHS 61 TONS. IT IS CLAD IN GOLD THOUGH NOT SOLID GOLD AND TOOK 2 YEARS TO BUILD. THE COMPLEX IS SET WITHIN EXQUISITELY MAINTAINED GARDENS WHICH ARE SO VERDANT THEY ARE WORTH A TRIP.

THIS IS ACTUALLY NOT A TEMPLE PER SE AS IT IS RUN BY LUANG PHO TO FOUNDATION BUT OF COURSE EVERYONE COMES HERE TO PRAY.

INDEED THAILAND'S MOST FAMOUS ACTOR SORAPONG CHATREE WAS SO GRATEFUL FOR HIS PRAYERS BEING ANSWERED HE LAUNCHED AND BANKROLLED THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS COMPLEX.

LUANG PHO TO IS NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH LUANG PHO TUAD WHO IS ANOTHER FAMOUS MONK. THIS MONK LIVED SOME 250 YEARS AGO WHILE LUANG PHO TUAD LIVED SOME 450 YEARS AGO. BOTH ARE REVERED FOR THEIR WISH GRANTING PROWESS.

CAPTIONS TO FOLLOW AS NOW IN THAILAND AND VERY DE BUSY...