Place of worship
Wat Chalong
70 หมู่ที่ 6 Thanon Chao Fah Tawan Tok, Tambon Chalong, Amphoe Mueang Phuket, Chang Wat Phuket 83000
Buddhist temple complex from the early nineteenth century, with gilded shrines and a soaring Chedi.
This guide to Wat Chalong in Phuket opens in 1876, when a tin miners' uprising engulfed the island and villagers begged the temple's abbot, Luang Pho Chaem, to flee. He refused, and instead tied blessed white headbands around his disciples before they walked out to face the rioters. You'll also hear about the golden pagoda built decades later and the relic said to rest at its top.
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