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Temples
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Chinese Temples, Buddhist Wats and Muslim mosques. Here below are the
most visited. |
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 Chalong
Temple (Wat Chalong)
is one of the biggest temple on the island and is about about 8 kms.
outside Phuket town. Take Vichit Songkram Rd., to the Bypass Rd., and
turn left, and drive for about 10 mins. Wat Chalong will be on your
left. This is where stands the cast statue of Luang Por Cham, who helped
the people of Phuket put down the Angyee, or Chinese Coolie, Rebellion
in 1876 during the reign of Rama V. There are also statues of Luang Por
Chaung, and Luang Por Gluam. Other monks, who were abbots of the temple
during later times, and who are the objects of respect and recipients of
the offerings by Phuket people generally. |
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Nang Sang Temple (Wat Phra Narng Sarng)
Located on Thep Krasatri Rd., in Thalang Town at the tracffic light it
is Phukets oldest temple (app.250 years).
The grounds of this historic temple are where the Battle of Thalang took
place in 1785. Inside are three very old statues wrought in tin of the
Buddha; they are the largest in the world and date from a time when tin
was regarded as a semi-precious metal. The bellies of the three big
statues each contains a smaller statue, from which derives their name,
"Monks in the Belly" in local vernacular. or "The Three Kings" in formal
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Phra
Tong Temple (Wat Phra Tong)
This temple enshrines a golden Buddha image that sprang up from beneath
the earth long ago. The story is of a young boy who tied his buffalo to
what he thought was a post; it was in an area at that time given over to
the raising of animals. After doing so, he fell down in agony and died.
The father of the boy dreamed that the reason his son had died was for
the sin of tying a filthy buffalo to a sacred object, that what the boy
thought was a post was in reality the golden peak of the Buddha's
conical cap. He told his neighbors the dream and they all went out to
dig up the statue but had no success.
 Later, at the
time of Thao Thep Kasatri's heroic defense against the Burmese in 1785,
the invaders tried to succeed where the villagers had failed; their
intention was to take the Buddha image back to Burma. Sacred objects and
slaves were then the most sought after spoils for armies. The Burmese,
however, were unable to retrieve the golden Buddha despite several
attempts; they were finally driven off by a swarm of angry hornets.
After this the villagers decided to protect their miraculous statue by
covering the part that stuck up from the ground with a plaster cast of
Buddha's head and shoulders which is the way it is today. Located north
of the traffic light on the outskirts of Thalang Town. A large sign
shows the entrance. |
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 Wat
Suwan Khiri Wong
Located at Phisit karani Road in Patong.
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Wat
Ko Si – Le
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 Wat
Thep Khachonchit
Located in Phuket town, Soi Wachira at
Rang Hill.
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 Wat
Anuphatkritdaram
Located on the way from Phuket town to Patong at Tung Toong.
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 Wat
Choen Thale
Located at Choen Thale on road 4025.
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 Wat
Ladthiwanaram
Located south of Phuket town on road 4021.
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