Wat Paknam is a major Royal Wat just across the Chao Phraya River from downtown Bangkok. It's been around since about the 1500s and enjoys major support from the Buddhist community. It shows in the sprawling complex, big museum with Wat artifacts and a massive Buddha statue currently under construction.
The unique, square-tiered main Stupa.
How rich is the place? Well, leave your gold leaf on a Buddha statue. So much bling, some Buddhas are still wrapped up.
Inside the main stupa is where it gets trippy. There's an amazing dome that's truly cosmic.
Inside another temple, a more traditional prayer space. Nice wall murals. Back at the dome, quite the light show.
Worth more than a moment of gazing and gawking. World's most impressive black light poster?
The unique, square-tiered main Stupa.
How rich is the place? Well, leave your gold leaf on a Buddha statue. So much bling, some Buddhas are still wrapped up.
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Inside another temple, a more traditional prayer space. Nice wall murals. Back at the dome, quite the light show.
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