Bob
November 23rd, 2006, 05:54
A few weeks ago, I again visited the "wedding cake temple" known as Wat Roong Koon, located a few kilometers south of Chiangrai. If you are ever up in that neck of the woods, it's a rather unique temple to visit.
I don't remember the artist/architect's name but he's made this temple and surrounding buildings as his personal project to honor the King. It supposedly won't be finished for another 4-6 years but what is finished now is well worth a stop if you are in the area. There's another photo in the archives somewhere that I took about 18 months ago and you can now see that the
buildings immediately behind the main temple are almost completed.
Here's the view of the main temple:
http://upload4.postimage.org/1722300/Chiangrai012.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/1722300/photo_hosting.html)
The front entry way through the elephant tusks:
http://upload4.postimage.org/1722317/Chiangrai013.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/1722317/photo_hosting.html)
The somewhat bizarre figures in cement:
http://upload4.postimage.org/1722324/Chiangrai018.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/1722324/photo_hosting.html)
Inside the main temple:
http://upload4.postimage.org/1722327/Chiangrai023.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/1722327/photo_hosting.html)
Buidling immediately behind the main temple:
http://upload4.postimage.org/1722331/Chiangrai025.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/1722331/photo_hosting.html)
Pagoda-style bridge under construction:
http://upload4.postimage.org/1722335/Chiangrai031.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/1722335/photo_hosting.html)
A worker on the bridge contemplating when to start working again......
http://upload4.postimage.org/1722344/Chiangrai032.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/1722344/photo_hosting.html)
Other buldings (perhaps the monastery) on the grounds:
http://upload4.postimage.org/1722353/Chiangrai037.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/1722353/photo_hosting.html)
I don't remember the artist/architect's name but he's made this temple and surrounding buildings as his personal project to honor the King. It supposedly won't be finished for another 4-6 years but what is finished now is well worth a stop if you are in the area. There's another photo in the archives somewhere that I took about 18 months ago and you can now see that the
buildings immediately behind the main temple are almost completed.
Here's the view of the main temple:
http://upload4.postimage.org/1722300/Chiangrai012.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/1722300/photo_hosting.html)
The front entry way through the elephant tusks:
http://upload4.postimage.org/1722317/Chiangrai013.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/1722317/photo_hosting.html)
The somewhat bizarre figures in cement:
http://upload4.postimage.org/1722324/Chiangrai018.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/1722324/photo_hosting.html)
Inside the main temple:
http://upload4.postimage.org/1722327/Chiangrai023.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/1722327/photo_hosting.html)
Buidling immediately behind the main temple:
http://upload4.postimage.org/1722331/Chiangrai025.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/1722331/photo_hosting.html)
Pagoda-style bridge under construction:
http://upload4.postimage.org/1722335/Chiangrai031.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/1722335/photo_hosting.html)
A worker on the bridge contemplating when to start working again......
http://upload4.postimage.org/1722344/Chiangrai032.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/1722344/photo_hosting.html)
Other buldings (perhaps the monastery) on the grounds:
http://upload4.postimage.org/1722353/Chiangrai037.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/1722353/photo_hosting.html)