Samui has only two temples, made in one color. White The temple on Chaweng and the Red Temple in Hua Thanon. Hua Thanon is the next village after Lamai, if you go from Chaweng to the south of the island. The Red Temple, of course, has the original Thai name – Wat Ratchathammaram. Wat Rachatammaram, whatever that means – very beautiful and photogenic church in the suburbs, where it is necessary you need to call in at least three reasons, and at most – for five.
The content of the article
- 1 Red Temple on Samui and the Strength Ngu Pagoda
- 2 First tourist on the island
- 3 Information to visit
- 4 On the map
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The Red Temple on Samui and the Strength Ngu Pagoda
The first reason I will call the temple itself Rachatammaram. He is in state of protracted for a long time, since all work are made according to the degree of accumulation of donations, and the temple stands in such a place that tourists come mostly not packaged, but single and stingy. The temple is beautiful, picturesque and unusual. Him still sometimes called not Red, but Terracotta.
Sometimes they ask whether it is made of clay or not, and because of what a color. Of course, I could be wrong, but, it seems to me it’s pretty simple – this is concrete, which is painted in red paint. At least the tile around the temple is precisely painted, it can be seen. to the naked eye. In principle, why invent something. Especially if you imagine how much it would cost to build this temple, if would it be made of something else. It is made of concrete over the years build and not finish. I saw this temple 4 years ago and he all also built. Although in general he, what then, what now looks like almost complete.
But in any case, the Red Temple looks wonderful and generally quite unusual. Not typical for ordinary Thai temples and me Personally, just such temples and like.
Red Temple on Samui
Koh Samui temples throw up such surprises – absolutely Red Temple
Inside looks no less interesting
It seems that the image is a little double, but it is not
Even if it is painted concrete, it is still beautiful
Tiles around the temple
The second reason is the Serpent Stone Pagoda, which is one of the three oldest pagodas on the island. She is about 250 years old keeps the power of the Buddha, brought from Sri Lanka in 1955 already. A place so holy that members of his presence honored him the royal family in 1962, and for the island where the tourism boom happened only in the 80s – this event was very much out of out of sight.
Serpent Stone Pagoda, it is – the Pagoda Ngu pagoda
Buddha sitting in niches
Near the pagoda gazebo overlooking the sea
The fourth reason is a gazebo overlooking Hua Thanon. Quiet a lonely place, though the view is slightly spoiled too violently overgrown trees. Under the gazebo on the right, by the sea on tree hangs the fifth reason – rope swing over the water. Great place for pictures a la bounty. And by the way, no, about the third reason I I have not forgotten, but you need to make a separate chapter about it. See after photos below.
If you go down to the sea, then there is a small, cozy beach.
And the same gazebo right on the beach
The first tourist on the island
Darrell Ji Berrigan. Dark horse, about which there is little known on the Internet, except that during the Second World War he served in US intelligence, and after the war ended he moved to Bangkok in as a journalist. Being closely acquainted with one businessman with Koh Samui, he was impressed with his tales of a beautiful island on south of the kingdom, and one day went there by sea. It was 1952, Berrigan then turned 38 full years.
In the words of Berrigan, it was an incredible travel experience at the end whom he got to the pier in Nathon, where he was surrounded by astonished Thais who have never seen farang so closely before. Then followed by a long road in the back of a truck full of coconuts. They traveled from Nathon to Hua Tanon for a few hours, for at that time there was no electricity and concrete roads on Samui – only the trackways primer and three large villages: Nathon, Maenam and Hua Tanon.
The former intelligence officer was fascinated by the island and it was with his filing on Samui began to pay attention to tourists from other countries who read the newspaper Bangkok World, where he was editor in chief. Newspaper, between By the way, for a long time and successfully competed with the Bangkok Post for the title the first among the English-language publications in Thailand. In his will Berrigan asked friends to cremate him after death and bury him cemetery near the old pagoda Sila Ngu. Unfortunately friends I had to fulfill this request after 13 years – they killed Berrigan under unexplained circumstances, and the range of causes ranged from dark affairs with intelligence, to banal bytovuhi on the basis of jealousy.
Stairs from the pagoda to the sea, right and left – the cemetery
The grave of the first tourist on Samui
Information to visit
The place is free, donations – at your discretion, with visiting must observe the dress code. On the temple grounds monks live, and their thoughts can be distracted by half-naked women legs and shoulders. But as in any holy place, do not expect aggressive behavior from holy people, but especially ardent parishioners consider it their duty to make a disgruntled person, scold you or generally start shedding. Men, in theory, this dress code is also concerns – in shorts better not to come.
The tomb of Berrigan – the stairs down to the sea, on the left side, third row on top. On the swing you can walk on the shore, right from the stairs. If the temple parking lot of cars, people, and plays music in the room to the left of the entrance – do not run there with cameras, there the funeral.
On the map
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