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Luangpho Yai (Thai: หลวงพ่อใหญ่, pronounced [lǔa̯ŋ pʰɔ̂ː jàj]), also known as Phra Phutta Rattana Mongkhol Maha Munee (Thai: พระพุทธรัตนมงคลมหามุนี, RTGS: Phra Phuttharattanamongkhon Maha Muni), and The Great Buddha of Roi Et, is the fourth-tallest statue in Thailand.
Daeng was born in 1894. He was briefly interested in becoming a monk in his 20s, but decided that he would rather be married instead. He raised six children with his only wife. [3]
The statue is also known as Luangpho Yai (หลวงพ่อใหญ่) or Luangpho To (หลวงพ่อโต); neither terms refer to any specific Buddha statue. The names literally mean Big Buddha, and are used for any colossal Buddha statue.
Luang Pho To This temple is well known from the principal Buddha statue that is called Luang Pho To (หลวงพ่อโต), one of the most revered Buddha statues in Thailand. According to folklore , it was first sighted floating in the Khlong Samrong canal by one of three brothers who were escaping the war with the Burmese during the ...
The Wat's main architectural depiction is a 32 metres (105 ft) high, 10 metres (33 ft) wide standing statue referred to as Luang Pho To or "Phra Si Ariyamettrai" . [1] Building the Buddha statue was started in 1867 and it took sixty more years to complete it in 1927. The image is made of brick and stucco.
The most interesting thing about the main hall of Wat Phlapphla Chai is that it is also a place to store Nang yai (a kind of shadow play), like a museum. Nang yai hang on the walls of the surrounding hall. These shadow puppetries were created by Luang Pho Ritt, the temple abbot during King Rama V's reign.
Wat Prang Luang (Thai: วัดปรางค์หลวง, pronounced [wát prāːŋ lǔaŋ]) is a 14th-century Thai Buddhist temple in Nonthaburi province, and considered the oldest monastery and archaeological site in Nonthaburi and Bangkok Metropolitan Region. It is situated along Khlong Om Non, also known as Khlong Bangkok Noi. [2]
The temple was first established as a monastery in 1957 by the Buddhist nun Mian Parnchand (generally known as Luang Por Yai) and her two nephews, Chamroon and Charoen Parnchand, who had both ordained as monks at Wat Khlong Mao in Lopburi Province. Luang Por Chamroon, a former Thai policeman, was the first abbot, although Wat Tham Krabok was ...