Wat Lak Si Rat Samosorn: The Sacred Temple of Samut Sakhon

🏡Wat Lak Si Rat Samosorn was built by the residents of Lak Si and the middle of Khlong Damnoen Saduak on the land donated by Mrs. Jam Wasukri, who dedicated the land for the temple's construction. 🏡In the past, the temple had only one thatched monk's residence. Later, an old house was donated and dismantled to build more monk residences, initially named Wat Mai Lak Si, and later changed to Wat Lak Si Rat Samosorn. 🙏Inside the temple, there is Luang Pho To Wat Lak Si, a red sandstone Buddha statue coated with plaster in the Mara Vichai posture from the U-Thong period. The face is quite round with long, connected eyebrows, a plump face, and a slight smile. It is a revered Buddha statue among the locals of Ban Phaeo and nearby areas for many generations. 🛕Luang Pho Faeng, the former abbot of Wat Don Manora in Ratchaburi, found this statue at an abandoned temple along the Mae Klong River in Bang Khonthi, Samut Songkhram. After verifying its sanctity, he performed a ceremony to enshrine it at Wat Don Manora. 🏡In 1927, Luang Pho Faeng became the abbot of Wat Lak Si and moved the Buddha statue to a thatched-roof vihara in front of Wat Lak Si, along Khlong Damnoen Saduak. 🙏The locals, seeing it as the first and largest Buddha statue in the Damnoen Saduak canal area, named it Luang Pho To Wat Lak Si. The temple also houses other sacred objects for worship, including: 🙏Luang Pho To Pang Phon Thuk, carved from a thousand-year-old Takian wood, the largest Takian wood Buddha statue in the world. 🙏Luang Pho To Mahayana, inside a simulated waterfall at the Buddha Prodeseththi courtyard. 🛕And Guan Yin Bodhisattva, Phra Rahu, and the zodiac guardian deities carved from large wood. 💥Wat Lak Si Rat Samosorn: Ban Lak Si, Yokka Bat Subdistrict, Ban Phaeo District, Samut Sakhon Province 🌐Location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/vu8fYTuim3LM6Qcg8 🕗Opening hours: 08:00 AM – 04:30 PM.