Wat Sam Phran
Appearance
Wat Samphran (Thai วัดสามพราน) is a Buddhist temple (wat) in Amphoe Sam Phran, Nakhon Pathom province, around 40 kilometers to the west of Bangkok. The temple was officially registered in 1985.[1]
The temple is notable for its 17-story tall pink cylindrical building with a gigantic dragon sculpture curling around the entire height. The interior of the dragon sculpture contains a staircase, which has however deteriorated to a poor condition in places. [2][3]
The temple clergy was involved in a sexual misconduct scandal that resulted in long prison sentences in 2004.[4]
Einzelnachweise
- ^ ประกาศกระทรวงศึกษาธิการ เรื่อง ตั้งวัดในพระพุทธศาสนา วัดสามพราน. In: Royal Gazette of 22 Oct 1985, p. 5200 (pdf, on ratchakitcha.soc.go.th, in Thai).
- ^ Kaushik (2016-03-10). "The Dragon Temple in Samphran". amusingplanet.com. Retrieved 2016-03-20.
- ^ "Umfangreiche Bilderstrecke วัดสามพราน Watsamphran". watsamphran.blogspot. 2016-02-09 (2014). Retrieved 2016-03-20.
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(help) - ^ "Ex-abbot gets 160 years for rapes". The Australian. 2004-06-23. Retrieved 2016-03-19.