The Sanct
uary of Trut
h
Locat
ed i
n Pat
t
aya, t
he Sanct
uary of Trut
h i
s qui
t
e si
mpl
y, breat
ht
aki
ng. Based on bot
h Buddhi
st and
Hi
ndu mot
i
f
s t
he Sanct
uary of Trut
h i
s maj
est
i
c i
n every f
orm. I
t
s beaut
y i
s even more si
gni
f
i
cant when
you real
i
se t
hat t
he ent
i
re bui
l
di
ng i
s const
ruct
ed f
rom wood, and t
hat not one si
ngl
e nai
l has been used
t
o const
ruct t
hi
s amazi
ng t
empl
e.
The t
empl
e i
s hel
d t
oget
her by al
l manner of wooden j
oi
nt
s, a carpent
ers dream. The const
ruct
i
on i
s
ongoi
ng, and a dat
e of 2025 has been penci
l
ed i
n as t
he dat
e of compl
et
i
on. You can wal
k around t
he
ent
i
re t
empl
e and wat
ch as t
he workers appl
y t
hei
r t
rade, carvi
ng i
nt
ri
cat
e desi
gns l
ovi
ngl
y i
nt
o t
he
wooden pi
l
l
ars.
The t
empl
e i
s breat
ht
aki
ngl
y beaut
i
f
ul and i
n our opi
ni
on one of t
he most beaut
i
f
ul t
empl
es i
n Thai
l
and.
Bangkok has so much t
o see and od and one of
t
he mai
n pl
aces t
o vi
si
t has t
o be The Templ
e of
t
he Emeral
d Buddha. The t
empl
e i
s consi
dered
among many as t
he most i
mport
ant Buddhi
st
t
empl
e i
n al
l of Thai
l
and.
i
nd t
he t
empl
e you have t
o ent
er t
he grounds
T o f
of t
he Grand Pal
ace, t
here you wi
l
l f
i
nd Phra
Kaew Morakot (aka. t
he Emeral
d Buddha). Thi
s i
s
a hi
ghl
y revered i
mage of t
he Lord Buddha si
t
t
i
ng
i
n a medi
t
at
i
ng pose and carved f
rom a si
ngl
e
bl
ock of Jade. The l
egend of t
he Buddhi
st st
at
ue
hol
ds t
hat i
t i
s al
most 2,
000 years ol
d, carved a
mere f
i
ve cent
uri
es af
t
er t
he Lord Buddha at
t
ai
ned
Ni
rvana. I
t was moved t
o Thai
l
and i
n 1782 and
has resi
ded t
here ever si
nce. Wat Phra Kaew i
s
everyt
hi
ng you woul
d expect
, i
t
’
s magni
f
i
cent
,
beaut
i
f
ul and a t
rue ref
l
ect
i
on of t
he beaut
y t
hat
Thai
l
and i
s al
l about
.
Thi
s i
s why i
n our opi
ni
on Wat Phra Kaew i
s one
of t
he most beaut
i
f
ul t
empl
es i
n Thai
l
and.
Wat Phra Kaew