Wat Pah Saeng Tam, Koh Phangan

Wat Pah Saeng Tam, Koh Phangan

During my recent visit to Koh Phangan, earlier this month, when I conducted an IDC there, I visited this Wat Pah Saeng Tam. This Wat or Temple is known for it's mediation and 40 paintings of the Lord Buddha History.

Due to meditation being in full progress when I visited, I couldn't take any pictures of the paintings, unfortunately but I managed to get some nice shots in nonetheless.

You enter the Wat coming over a bridge where you see this nice welcome sign

The temple is located between Thong Sala and Chaloklum, possibly slighter nearer to Chaloklum. There's some construction going on at the premises which looked like a big building that may house the monks or possible the people that visit for mediation purproses.

Immediately after the bridge at your right hand side, you can find these three statues, which were wrapped in pink

The Temple grounds are relatively small but it's location at the foot of the forest makes it's interesting and part of the temple is surrounded by lush jungle.

A pretty arch made out of coconut tree leaves

As with many smaller Thai Temples, the Temple grounds were very quiet and I didn't see anybody walk around, I only saw some monks and disciples meditating in the building that houses all the paintings. There's some small roads that lead up into the jungle/mountains that may be of interest and could be explored during a next visit.

Many small cave like areas are often used for setting up Buddha statues, just like this one

A scene of small statues all grouped together near the entrance

This sign was outside the Temple and made me chuckle a bit, it does get the message over though!

If you're in Koh Phangan and making a trip around in the Northern part of the island, it may be worthwhile to stop and check out this Temples. It won't take too much time to walk around but the surroundings are nice and quiet. Enjoy your stay on Koh Phangan.

Camille