Place of worship
Wat Khunaram (Phra Wihan Luang Pho Daeng)
Glass-cased mummified monk, preserved in seated meditation since the nineteen seventies despite the tropical climate.
Location
About this audio guide
This guide to Wat Khunaram on Koh Samui centers on Luang Pho Daeng, a monk who died meditating in nineteen seventy-three after decades of extreme fasting. It follows what happened to his body afterward, in a hot, humid island climate that should have destroyed it, and the small creatures that quietly moved into an empty case they were never supposed to occupy. You will also hear how the sunglasses arrived, a fix aimed less at him than at the children who came to look.
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