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Wat Khunaram (Phra Wihan Luang Por Daeng)
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Edward & Sao
February 19, 2019
This Wat holds the mummified monk's body on display. Search "Wat Khunaram" and read up on the history. Well worth a visit on the way to/from Lamai area. Drive north up to main ring road at Na Muang - go right and you will see the Wat on the rt side before you get to Hua Thanon and Lamai. (opposite the Wat you will see a small road with signs that takes you up the mountain to Peak Eye View, Magic Garden etc)
This Wat holds the mummified monk's body on display. Search "Wat Khunaram" and read up on the history. Well worth a visit on the way to/from Lamai area. Drive north up to main ring road at Na Muang - go right and you will see the Wat on the rt side before you get to Hua Thanon and Lamai. (opposi…
Tammy
January 23, 2017
When you're in the south of the island stop by to see this temple and the famous mummified monk! Drop by to Chai's Cuisine & Farm for a meal or fruit shake afterwards, he's just down the road
Pannipa
June 29, 2017
Is the most important temple for Samui's local people with the interesting history.
Jasen & Mark
June 22, 2021
Wat Khunaram, home to Koh Samui’s mummified monk, is an unusual sight yet it offers a unique insight into Buddhist and Thai culture. The monk Luong Pordaeng died in 1973 in a seated meditative position, and ever since his body has been on display in an upright glass case at the temple. Remarkably, even after several decades later the monk’s body shows little sign of decay. For some visitors, having a dead man in full view might be a shocking sight. But for Thais, it’s something to reflect upon and revere. Far from being frightened by death, most Buddhist Thais are highly accepting of the end of life as the natural order of things and they view death as an opportunity to be reborn into a better place, one step closer to nirvana. There are other mummy monks on Samui and throughout Thailand, but Loung Pordang is among the most highly revered. A brief history of the mummy monk at Wat Khunaram Loung Pordang is said to have told his followers shortly before his death that if his body were to decompose, he should be cremated. Otherwise, he wanted to be put on display as a visual reminder of the Buddha’s teachings. For Thais, both the life and death of Loung Pordang serves as an inspiration to follow the Buddhist precepts and walk the middle path. Loung Pordang was born as Dang Piyasilo on Koh Samui in 1894 to a prominent family within the tight-knit island community. Like many Thai Buddhist men, Khun Dang ordained as a monk in his early 20s, where he spent 2 years at Wat Samret before disrobing and marrying a local woman, with whom he had 6 children. Later on in life, after his children were grown, he returned to the monastic life, where he immersed himself in studying Buddhist texts and meditation. The name given to him as a monk was Phra Khru Samathakittikhun.
Wat Khunaram, home to Koh Samui’s mummified monk, is an unusual sight yet it offers a unique insight into Buddhist and Thai culture. The monk Luong Pordaeng died in 1973 in a seated meditative position, and ever since his body has been on display in an upright glass case at the temple. Remarkably, e…
David
November 24, 2018
Mummified Monk at Wat Khunaram offers a unique sight into Buddhist and Thai culture. On display in an upright glass casket and surrounded by flowers, candles, incense sticks and fruit offerings is the body of Koh Samui’s most famous monk, Loung Pordaeng. For some Westerners this might be an uncomfortable or even disturbing sight. For Thai people the body of the monk is there to be worshiped and death is seen as an opportunity to be reborn in a next and better life.
Mummified Monk at Wat Khunaram offers a unique sight into Buddhist and Thai culture. On display in an upright glass casket and surrounded by flowers, candles, incense sticks and fruit offerings is the body of Koh Samui’s most famous monk, Loung Pordaeng. For some Westerners this might be an uncomfor…
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