Geeze, dude, this is pretty cool, why didn’t you tell us about it?
Judging by the photos, it would appear that from a distance, it resembles an ordinary Buddhist temple, but when you get up close, you can see the “bricks” are really glass bottles.
Geeze, dude, this is pretty cool, why didn’t you tell us about it?
Judging by the photos, it would appear that from a distance, it resembles an ordinary Buddhist temple, but when you get up close, you can see the “bricks” are really glass bottles.
I haven’t seen it, but I wonder if the name is right, Wat Phra Kaew is the famous Emerald Buddha temple in Bangkok, and a chedi is the spire like structure you can find in Buddhist temples and locations. So I don’t know what to make of Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaew…
Alas! I’ve been lying down on the job.
But I agree the name should be spelled Phra Maha Chedi Kaew if anything (“wat” just means “temple”). But I must admit this is a new one on me. I’ve not seen this before. A Google search turns up this mention in China Daily. It’s in Sisaket province, which borders Cambodia and is rather out in the sticks.
Phra loosely means “holy” and is a prefix for anything considered holy, maha means “great” as in “big and bad ass” and kaew means “glass.” Wat Phra Kaew in Bangkok is called the Temple of the Emerald Buddha but it actually translates loosely to “Glass Temple,” because the colored tiles sparkle like glass.
Thanks for cluing me in. Just goes to show there’s always something new to see in Thailand.
This is REALLY pretty cool! Color me impressed
More photos and info here.
Actually, it could be “Pa” instead of “Phra”; that would indicate a forest monastery. I would need to see the Thai letters.
There’s a new story on this place here.
I especially like the bottle-cap mosaic.
Thhats really cool. I’ve always liked houses and buildings built of odd materials. I don’t know that I could live in one, but I like to look at them. This has to be one of the coolest ones I’ve seen.