Wat Nakaram

Wat Nakaram Temple is also known as Wat Naka. The temple has an impressive Gold and White Chedi or “Crystal Lotus Pagoda” which houses a bone-fragment relic of Lord Buddha. The relic was installed at a special ceremony in July 2012. Wat Nakaram Temple is worth visiting if you are in the area or bargain hunting at the weekend market.

Around the walls are photos of local people who have died. Some old, some young, some recently, some many years ago. It adds a certain local feeling and a spirit to the temple. And of course in the temple there is Buddha showing everyone the path. You can see a standing Buddha image with both hands raised to chest level, which is known as the attitude of calming the ocean. The Lord Buddha performed a miracle by stopping a rainstorm and flooding in the presence of the three arrogant hermits. Having seen the miracle, they submitted to the Lord Buddha and listened to his sermon. The three hermits and their 1000 followers were so impressed with the preaching that they were willingly ordained as monks.