Reaching on foot to the Doi Suthep temple, we were lightly named disappointed. So Wat Doi Suthep does not fit the concept temple. This whole place looks more like a recycling conveyor. tourist flow and money respectively. Starting traders and beggars at the entrance, ending monks inside.
The building itself, of course, brilliant and pretty, with all sorts of figures and carved platbands, but the feelings are not a temple – not there spiritual component. Rather, this is one big donation box (donation box).
Staircase to the temple of Wat Doi Suthep
The girl at the entrance earns a mother next to eating ice cream
By the way, the entrance for farang is paid and is 30 baht. Such here foreign discrimination. But you can go free if religion allows.
Foreigners entrance to 30 baht
Crowds of people, both Thais and tourists, carrying their money and folding them in various types of boxes, boxes, pots, strung on “branches” of money trees. It is possible and just like that you can do it because the monk will tie a string on your hand or for his oral blessing. There are more traditional tourist ways – photo for 100 baht on the background of Wat Doi Suthep. Turnover per day i I guess like a very good business.
Prayer money trees
Prayers to the money tree
Another donation box
Wat Doi Suthep – photo for 100 baht
Blessing monk
Walk around Wat and pray
It was thought even to count how many places in the territory where you can put a coin Moreover, they even saw the schedule, they say on Monday you need so much baht to put in the pot, on Tuesday so much And on all pillars, stairs, plates, inscriptions, who and how much donated.
Donation Pots
On the one hand, it is clear that we need money to build others. temples, yes to maintain their own needs. But if every temple works in the mode of collecting money, while monopolizing the opportunity to give prayers to Buddha the temple itself is made? To recycle people money in temples like Wat Doi Suthep?
Another strange thing is that it is more beautiful and amazing. White Temple in Thailand, which is more like an art gallery for tourists, better correlated with the concept of the temple, and there is all sorts of donation at a minimum.
That is why I don’t like to go to working temples, and I prefer the abandoned ones like in Chiang Saen.
Why it is worth going up to Wat Doi Suthep temple is look at chiang mai from above. The view there is beautiful.
Chiang Mai Airport
One thing pleases in this whole Buddhist religion is some kind of freedom, and not forcing anything. Everyone around will smile cutely and not will crawl with their teachings or ask to buy something. AND after all, processing money into temples will be better than their distribution in the pockets of all sorts of Orthodox priests or militant separatists.
Wat Doi Suthep
Super furniture in the cafe Doi Suthep
Tourist with a serious camera
Temple novices
Wat Doi Suthep
Beat the bells
Huge Darbuk
A look at how jackfruits grow
Buddhas in leopard robes
Wat Doi Suthep
Wat Doi Suthep Temple
Children for a photo
Tuev a bunch of candles, choose any
Wat Doi Suthep Temple
And around Doi Suthep temple is mud
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If you are going to Wat Doi Suthep temple, then you can either go there as we go through the jungle or take advantage songteos that stand in large numbers near the Chaing Zoo Mai Zoo.
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