Wat Pa Lelai Worawihan

Wat Pa Lelai (full name: Wat Pa Lelai Woraviharn, Thai: วัด ป่า เล ไลย ก์ วรวิหาร ) is a very old Buddhist temple ( wat ) on the western outskirts of Suphanburi in central Thailand. He is a Royal Temple Class Three.

Etymology

The name of the temple is reminiscent of the Pārileyyaka Forest, in which the Buddha sought rest, after leaving Kosambi.

History

Wat Pa Lelai is probably 800 years old. He is in the " Chronicles of the North" ( Thai: พงศาวดาร เหนือ ) mentioned as a king named Phra Chao Kathae ( Thai: พระเจ้า กา แต ), the (now Pegu ) from Hongsawadi came to celebrate his coronation in 1181 the Wat Sanam Chai founded and Wat Pa Lelai was restored. Further changes were made in the Ayutthaya period. The last major work was to make King Mongkut (Rama IV ): he had on his pilgrimages to the time before he was crowned King noted that the large statue of Luang Pho Tho standing outdoors. He let the Viharn build around him.

Attractions

• Luang Pho Tho ( Thai: หลวง พ่อ โต - literally huge, venerable father ) is a 23 meter tall Buddha statue in the "U -Thong style ". She sits in the so-called " Western Art", his left hand resting on his thigh, his right lies with the palm up on his right knee. In the notation of the abbot of Wat Pho, Prince Paramanuchit Chinorot, who has compiled a list of 40 unique gestures Thai Buddha statues in the 1830s, called this type "Dormant with elephant and monkey ." It refers to the " Pārileyyaka Sutta ", in which the Buddha refuge from warring fellow monks in Pārileyyaka forest, and was provided here by a monkey with a honeycomb and an elephant with a pot of water. Monkey and Elephant are displayed as reliefs on the walls of the left and right of the statue. The statue was originally located under the open sky, but later they built a sala (chapel ) to the portrait.

• The "house of Khun Chang " is located on the edge of the temple grounds. It was placed here in memory of Khun Chang Khun Phaen the epic of classical Thai literature, which was written by the Thai national poet Sunthorn Pu. Some key scenes take place here at Wat Pa Lelai. Statues of Khun Phaen and the lovely Nang Phim located to the right and left of the entrance to the Viharn Luang Pho Tho.

Gallery

Mon chedi

Statue of Khun Phaen

Statue of Nang Phim