So it went historically that the more exotic the sight is included in the tour, the more willing it is agree tourists. On Samui, a small island where with natural In principle, the beauty was not very good, the Thais found a way out and began to make these sights themselves. One of these chips Samui can be called mummified monks. Yes, I was not mistaken – there are two monks, not one. And no, I was not mistaken, the monks are really two, not three.
The content of the article
- 1 Mummy in the Khunaram temple
- 2 Mummy in Kiri Wongkaram Temple
- 3 Statue of a monk with ships
- 4 Information to visit
- 5 On the map
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Mummy in the Khunaram temple
The first and most famous mummy on Samui is located on the territory of the temple of Kunaram (Wat Kunaram), which stands on the main the ring road of the island near the turns to the waterfalls Namuang-1 and Namuang-2. Actually, thanks to this next door, an unremarkable temple became one of the most visited tourist attractions.
Mummy in life was a respected monk of the monastery named Luang Po Dang, whose story can be read on the big brown stand next to the glass booth where actually the mummy itself sits. In order not to scare people, empty eye sockets the corpse is covered with sunglasses, which has become non-canonical, but purely Thai invention for such cases. Dead from such an upgrade are starting to look like a few greyhounds, I would say – lively.
At the temple there is a small souvenir shop, a small cemetery, very large parking around the tree of spirits and always sits one monk, alive, who ties tourists to the side of saisin – colored string of wish fulfillment. Those that fall off yourself when the wish is fulfilled. Actually – that’s all that deserves attention here, and it should be noted – the architecture of the temple is not shines from the word “general”. If not for the poor fellow Luang Por, tourists it would be incredibly boring.
Main gate from the side of the ring road
The building with the monk’s mummy
In the center is a glass sarcophagus, and to the right of it it usually takes monk
The main building of the temple is closed
Mummy in Kiri Wongkaram Temple
Wongkaram, unlike its counterpart, is built on the edge of outskirts of the world. That is, you can only find it by chance This area of Taling Ngam, and this, you know, does not lead to unprecedented enrichment of the temple. The temples all exist on donations, and where to get the money when tourists are transported by the side. Therefore, the temple decided to earn, using plagiarism ideas monks from khunarama.
In the courtyard of the temple, in the building to the left of the entrance there is a sanctuary with a glass aquarium, where exactly the same withered dead is seated. Sometimes on the steps of the sanctuary there is an old Thai man who does not has no relation to monks and is dressed quite to himself usually. But his perseverance and smiles allow him to sit dumbfounded exotics of tourists, to tie them saisins, to bless and accept in gratitude, bills of 20-100 baht.
If he is refused – he will not be offended, but will turn on strict Buddhist, and if at least one detail of your wardrobe does not match dress code – you have to go. You can go to the main temple, which in 2017 has undergone a major restoration and now must sparkle like new five baht. It did not work inside – was closed.
Kiri Wongkaram Temple after restoration
Here in this building sits mummy
Mummified monk number two on Samui
This is how the mummy looks without glasses.
This is how the mummy looks without glasses.
There is nothing more interesting on the territory.
Strange figure on the balcony
Statue of a monk with ships
For a time, it was mistakenly thought that the statue of a monk who sits in a glass house near the Lam So Pagoda – this is also a mummy. But even a blind tourist will be able to touch the stretched around the teeth by touch the skin of a corpse from a high-quality, very detailed, natural copies of a seated monk. His skin is wrinkled, stained, open. eyes, and in general he looks like an absolutely lively old man. Wherein It is popular with both tourists and Thais. By the way Some local Thais, too, were piously convinced that there the boat sits a well-preserved dead man. In fact – just dear monk who was carved in stone and who is considered patron saint of sailors. Offerings to the statue are usually brought in by boats. – there they made the whole room.
The third mummy on Samui, which is not a mummy
Information to visit
I will not have any special instructions, except a reminder that temples – This is a territory of heightened attention to what you are wearing. AND if you wear very little, you should expect a negative reaction from the Thais, who regard such frivolity as an insult and can behave very rude. And impolite tayets – sight unpleasant, they seem to break away from the possibility to stop smile and give up the soul on farang, especially if there is a what.
Admission is free until dark, then overlap entry. In the temple, you can ask for overnight stay for one night, they will not refuse. The size of the donation to the monks has no frames, so nothing can throw in tipboxes, and on average people shower 20-100 baht. For a monk, monk is usually given a hundred.
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