Saturday, January 17, 2015

PART 1---SANCTUARY OF TRUTH IN PATTAYA IS THE WORLD'S MOST UNIQUE, UNUSUAL AND OUT OF THIS WORLD BUDDHIST TEMPLE, HINDU SHRINE, CHINESE PAGODA AND SUPER STUPA ROLLED INTO ONE! YOU MUST VISIT THIS WOODEN EDIFICE TO THE GODS TO BELIEVE IT REALLY EXISTS!

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EVEN MORE INCREDIBLE, THIS EDIFICE IS PLANNED TO BE PERPETUALLY UNCOMPLETED! 

MADE ENTIRELY OF WOOD WHICH COSTS RM 2 MILLION YEAR EXCLUDING LABOUR, SANCTUARY OF TRUTH IS BUILT BY MASTER THAI CRAFTSMEN ENTIRELY BY HAND WITH NO NAILS BUT DIVETAIL JOINTS THAT SLIDE AND FIT EACH OTHER PERFECTLY WITH NO ROOM FOR MISTAKES! 

BUILT NEXT TO THE SEA WITH SALTY WINDS AND RELENTLESS WAVES, THE WOODEN PANELS AND ELABORATE CARVINGS ARE NOT FULLY WEATHER RESISTANT AND MUST BE RESTORED, RENEWED AND REPLACED---CONSTANTLY! 

LIKE ST FARNCISCO'S GOLDEN FATE BRIDGE, AS ONE PART OF THE BRIDGE HAS BEEN COMPLETELY PAINTED, THE OTHER END HAS TO BE REPAINTED ALL OVER AGAIN! HERE THERE ARE DOZENS OF CRAFTSMEN AND CONSTRUCTION WORKERS TOILING AWAY IN THE WORKSHOPS, CLIMBING THE ROOFS OR CARVING THE MYRIAD STATUES! 


 THE SANCTUARY OF TRUTH IS PLANNED SO IT IS CONSTANTLY BEING REBUILT! 
 IT IS OVER 30 YEARS OLD AND THE ORIGINAL FOUNDER DIED A DECADE AGO AND HIS SECOND SON IS CONTINUING THIS AMAZING LABOUR OF LOVE!
 DATO KEE HUA CHEE IS IMPRESSED
 DATO KEE HUA CHEE AND THE SANCTUARY OF TRUTH
 AWESOME
 BREATHTAKING
 BELIEVE IT OR NOT
 THIS SECTION OS OBVIOUSLY BRAND NEW AS THE WOOD IS NEWLY VARNISHED AND POLISHED COMPARED TO THE WEATHER BEATEN PORTIONS! 



 THE NEW INTERIORS
 INTRICATELY CARVED
 THE GODS AND GODDESSES GAZE DOWN AND OUT



 PINKY MY TOUR GUIDE
 LOOKS LIKE A CATHEDRAL TO THE GODS
 CEILING



 LIFELIKE

 MEN AT WORK
 VOLUPTUOUS GODDESSES

 LIFE SIZED

 DATO KEE HUA CHEE WEARING THE COMPULSORY HARD HAT AS THE INTERIORS ARE CONSTANTLY BEING BUILT, REPLACED OR REPLACED

 3 D EFFECT








 CEILING IN CENTRAL HALL







 FAMILY GROUP OF FATHER, MOTHER, DAUGHTER AND SON


 GRAND STAIRCASE

 SERPENT QUEENS


 HOLY RELICS OF BUDDHA IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MAIN HALL










 SPECTACULAR



 DATO KEE HUA CHEE IS IMPRESSED
 DATO KEE HUA CHEE WANTS DO THE SAME!


 EACH GODDESS IS GARLANDED WITH MARIGOLD WREATH AS PART OF THE INSTALLATION RITES






 RENT A COSTUME AND BE A THAI QUEEN OR KING FROM ANCIENT TIMES!






 DATO KEE HUA CHEE WITH GODDESS
 ONE IS NOT OF DIVINE STOCK!



 EXQUISITE



 DATO KEE HUA CHEE CAUSED A SENSATION WITH HIS ORANGE OUTFIT
 DATO KEE HUA CHEE WITH SERPENT QUEEN



 DATO KEE HUA CHEE WANTS THIS STAIRCASE FOR HIS PALATIAL HOME TOO




 GARLANDED FAMILY


 THE STATUES AT THE TIP OF EACH ARCHED ROOF SEEM TO HOVER IN MIDAIR


 DRONE FOR AERIAL PIX!



 DATO KEE HUA CHEE LOOKS SO SLIM
 DATO KEE HUA CHEE AND SANCTUARY OF TRUTH

 MAGNIFICENT
LOVELY LABOUR OF LOVE!

1 comment:

Gedi G. said...

Hello! I'd like to ask how much is the rent for the traditional thai costume per person? Hoping for your reply! Thanks :)