I had the opportunity to visit Phuket Town in Thailand earlier this week we drove there and back in order to pick up a vintage car for my boss, while in Phuket Town, I had a couple of days up my sleeve before having to drive back to Pattaya city, so I decided to visit this one very unique famous temple called the Wat Mai Luang Pu Supa, which is located just out of Phuket Town near the Phunaka Golf Course.
Reaching the entrance road to this temple, I could see the glittering colors reflecting of the temple roof tiles the beautifully manicured gardens and the entrance gate itself was amazingly designed like a group of small temples rising into the blue sky, it just looked so beautiful and inviting, I knew then this was going to be an extraordinary day out here.
The Wat Mai Luang Pu Supha Temple, was made famous and founded by the longest living Monk in Thailand, he was called Luang Pu Supha, who was one of the most respected Monks in Thailand history he lived to the age of 118 years, passing away in the year of 2013.
Luang Pu Supha, been in Monkhood dedicated a huge part of his life into Buddhism as a Monk he traveled to many parts of the world teaching and spreading the word of Dharma. It is said that he has built over 40 temples and monasteries around the country of Thailand and three of them are in Phuket and this is one of them that, I am visiting in Phuket.
Walking around this huge area of Temple ground, with only a handful of people here, I was not only feeling in awe, I was also feeling the peacefulness and tranquility on these spiritual grounds. There is a thing about visiting temples in Thailand, that is one always comes walking out of them with a clear and free mind, like you have been relieved of all your stresses, feeling lighter in the body and soul.
Looking closer to these temples they were very elaborately decorated in a classic Thai style beautifully triangular roofs lined with yellow glazed tiles the carving and painting around the doors, windows and frames you could see that there has been numerous of hours dedicated in constructing this temple the patience these Thai people must have is incredible it just leaves you in amazement.
There is also a museum on the grounds of this temple exhibiting the life and works of Luang Pu Supha in his 80 years of been in the Monkhood, showing all his travels to the many Asian countries including Europe. He even dedicated himself to helping many locals around Thailand with various projects such as building hospitals, bridges, farming projects and many more but unfortunately the museum was not open due to the ongoing pandemic.
In this Dome shape temple is where the remains of Luang Pu Supha the Monk are kept one remarkable home for him to lay in peace and well deserved for this remarkable Monk.
This was one remarkable temple to have visited and seen from the entrance to the exit all the way through my eyes were glued to every detail of this stunning looking temple was so happy, I took the time out to visit this historical temple.
This post is also a contribution to #wednesdaywalk organized by @tattodjay
