Bangkok: Atao, Master of the Billion Buddha Opening the Phra Somdej To shrine Hundreds of years old under the statue base Found hundreds of Phra Somdej Rong prints. Brought to Takham En Temple, Kanchanaburi Province, villagers flock to look at the numbers under the Buddha’s base to try their luck.
Mr. Amphon Thawornloha (A Tao Sian Phra Panlan), 83 years old, the keeper of the statue of Somdej Phra Buddhacarya To Phromrangsi, lap width 29 inches, built in the year 24 AD, total age of hundreds of years. Take the parade float from in front of Phra Thaen Pier Municipality. Go to Wat Takham En. Gave it to the temple to preserve for the villagers to worship.
After that, there was a ceremony to open the crypt under the base of the statue of Somdet To. It was found that under the base there were hundreds of Phra Somdej amulets that Somdej To had packed in cloth wrappers. And the Phra Somdej amulet is available for rent at 10,000 baht each. All proceeds are given to the temple to build a new chapel made entirely fr
om golden teak wood, worth approximately 30 million baht. In addition, villagers who attended the ceremony Still bring the number of the year it was built. Statue like Somdet To Go try your luck this coming period.
On this same day The temple has a foundation stone laying ceremony for the new chapel. Phrakru Wisankanchanakit (Luang Pho Anan Khemajitto) Deputy Abbot of Tha Maka District and the abbot of Wat Takham En Mention the reasons for building a new chapel. Because of the original When the ceremony is held or various activities People who come to meditate in the temple If there is a monk ordination activity Causing loud noises to disturb people who come to meditate or practice Dharma. So I asked my kith and kin. They all agreed that a new chapel should be built to provide separation between ordaining monks and doing activities.
Mr. Amphon Thawornloha (A Tao Sian Phra Panlan) said that this Phra Somdej To is the 9th and last one that he has kept. Because the previous one was given to various temples in
all 3 regions, the only one missing was the western region, which made us think of Kanchanaburi Province and was brought to the temple. The Reverend Father came to see the monks at home. Therefore, he wanted to invite a statue like that of Somdej To to the temple. for people to pay homage Because there are actually only 9 Buddha statues built by Somdej Toh
Source: Thai News Agency