Wat Suwankiriket in Phuket - Karon Temple and Night Market
Wat Suwankiriket is located in a busy and densely built up part of Karon village. In addition to the buildings of the temple, there is still a lot of free space, which simply could not remain unused in such a popular tourist area. So, don't be surprised if the taxi driver or songthaew driver doesn't understand your «Wat Suwankiriket», but will immediately react to «Karon market». Wat Suvankiriket is first a market, then a parking lot, and only then a Buddhist monastery. Handsome, well-groomed, but with such a high traffic of tourists that it is not clear how you need to be a master of meditation to get away from the bustle of the world in the epicenter of the bustle of the world.
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Temple on Karon
Sometimes it is simply called Wat Karon (Karon Temple), since everyone immediately understands what is meant. The temple is quite old, it has been standing in Phuket, as some sources say, since May 1895. The temple is classical, Thai, a complex of several buildings for different purposes. A distinctive feature of Wat Suvankiriket is a black Buddha in the main hall, a very old sculpture that some hype hunters call «sapphire». By and large, everything. The interior is traditionally painted with pictures from the Ramayana, the exterior contains indispensable rakshasas (guardian demons) and nagas (dragon snakes), a bell tower, a crematorium, a meditation hall, a stupa with holy remains and other Buddhist joys.
We must pay tribute, if the temple earns on tourists, then it invests decently in maintaining the complex in excellent condition. The buildings of Wat Suvankiriket look fresh, shiny and elegant, they obviously do not save money on repairs. The temple is great for stopping by once and taking enough photos against the background of the interiors of the Buddhist temple so that the rest of your vacation will not be distracted by the religion of Thailand and other vatas. As with our churches, there is almost no variety in wadding, with the exception of one or two chips and location relative to the sea surface. Wat Suwankiriket is an easy-to-visit, beautiful and tourist-oriented temple in Phuket.
Wat Suwankiriket in Phuket
Information to visit
The temple is open daily from dawn to dusk, entrance and parking are free. Shopping arcades come here on Tuesdays and Saturdays from 5 pm to 11 pm - ordinary night markets, as in any other resort. Information comes across the network that the market works on other days of the week, but this is a general trend. The demand is high, there are a lot of tourists, there are also more and more sellers, and one or two days a week are not enough for them, so the schedules of night markets familiar to old-timers and local residents are beginning to shift..
Outside the market days, you can use the temple parking for its intended purpose. Near Russian restaurant Veranda.
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Temple on Karon
Temple on Karon
Karon Temple or Wat Suwankiriket. Quite a typical Thai Buddhist temple. There is a night market here a couple of times a week..
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Karon Temple or Wat Suwankiriket. Quite a typical Thai Buddhist temple. There is a night market a couple of times a week..