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Elephant Temple, Dan Khun Thot district, Thailand
Elephant Temple, Dan Khun Thot district, Thailand
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00:00Welcome to Trending Places.
00:08Today we will take you through to Elephant Temple Dan Han Tod District Nakhon Ratchasimakorn, Thailand.
00:20The first thing you notice about Wat Ban Rai, also known as the Elephant Temple,
00:25a temple located in Thailand's Dan Han Tod District is how immense it is.
00:36You may feel like you have gotten lost in your travels in the Thai countryside on your quest to see this colossus,
00:43which is located about 60 km outside of Nakhon Ratchasimakorn, near the town of Kuth Phiman.
00:56Thailand, but once you see the 42-meter-high, four-story Thep Witayakom Vihara,
01:02with its 520-ton ceramic elephant head on the body of a turtle, there is no doubt you have arrived.
01:15The highly venerated abbot of Wat Ban Rai is Luang Phor Khun, who recently turned 90,
01:21that teaches the simplest understanding of the Dhamma his best and,
01:25even though on the surface his is one of the most spectacular modern Buddhist temples in existence.
01:41The temple was designed by Samphon Surik and construction of the temple,
01:45as well as the elaborate mosaic work, was carried out by over 400 local villagers,
01:51overseen by Priyankrai Jaruthavi who watched every step of the temple's construction through a telescope from 200 meters away.
02:05The building of the temple was a meticulous process where one person could attach no more than a square meter of ceramic a day.
02:15The Wat Ban Rai is surrounded by water and you enter via a long bridge which is guarded by two 19-headed Nagas.
02:37On the first floor are six huge paintings that depict the Buddha's life from birth to enlightenment.
02:43From there a carpeted wheelchair accessible ramp winds upward four stories.
02:55You will see hundreds of mixed media artworks depicting the history of a teaching of Buddhism.
03:01Upon reaching the top you are greeted with an open-air patio that gives extraordinary views of the countryside and Wat Ban Rai.
03:19You will share the view with two bronze statues, a 7-meter-high Buddha and a 5-meter-tall sculpture of Luang Phor Khun also looking of the scene.
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