Ascend Thailand’s Temple of the Rising Dragon

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In the Samphran district of Thailand sits one of the country’s most spectacular Buddhist temples. Wat Samphran is a towering pink masterpiece scaling in at 80 meters high — an homage to the number of years Buddha lived. Known for the hollow dragon’s head that encircles the temple, visitors are welcome to ascend the 17-story superstructure to touch the dragon’s beard, or climb inside the belly of the beast.

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Why is thailand full of buildings that looked like theyre straight outta video games

marmareido

I've been here, it's worth a visit. It should also be noted you walk through the dragon to get to the top, there's a giant turtle you can walk through and numerous other statues of animals, deities and the buddha in amongst the park grounds. There was also a boat on a small lake there, and you'll probably see monitor lizards in the streams. Public bus from Bangkok or Nakhon Pathom is available on the nearest big road.

abandonstrings

The dragon looks absolutely majestic wrapped around the building!

audreywang

When I visted the tower, the tour guide just drag-on...

ketchupacket

Wait why is it that just now i discover that this exist??? This is amazing this should be as iconic as the Eiffel tower or the pizza tower or statue of liberty

aesthral

I like this approach to architecture, I think our puritan dour approach sucks. I want more giant dragons in my cities.

benjones

"Uncharted: the rising dragon"

Sounds like a good ps4 game

eddiesuarez

I live in Sam Phran but never visit this place. I was very young when it was being under construction. I often drive by this temple and see the dragon. In my opinion, this is not really attractive but when I see it from above, it looks very nice. The locals normally don’t visit but others especially nuns. This temple is different to other temples.

gowithwi

I love this channel. It’s so interesting cuz I feel like I learn so many new things in each video. I’m from Thailand but I never even knew a temple like this existed in Thailand

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