Wat Chai Mongkron
Royal Buddhist temple on ten acres with resident monks, gilded spires, and an on-site traditional massage school.
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This guide to Wat Chai Mongkron in Pattaya follows a centuries-old Buddha image that has sat on this same lane since long before the city became a resort strip. You'll hear how a fishing-village temple founded in 1937 grew into a royal monastery, and meet the honored teacher whose meditation practice still draws devotees today. It also stops at an unexpected corner of the grounds: a working school teaching a healing art as old as the temple itself.
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