Wat Sangkatan Nonthanaburi- Unique Glass Pagoda and Wooden Buildings - Thailand 2023

Wat Sangkatan is an old temple. It is assumed that it used to be called Wat Sarikho. It was built near the end of the Ayutthaya Era and was abandoned around the year 1700.

After it was abandoned an orchard grew up around the old temple. All of the buildings collapsed leaving only one ancient cement Buddha image called "Laung Pho Toh." This is an image in a cross-legged sitting Subduing Mara posture, in the U Thong style, inside the old wooden Sala. Even with the temple being abandoned, local people and people and others would still came to pay respect to Laung Pho Toh. This made the local people have to ask monks from temples nearby to come to the temple for the Sangkatan ceremony (offering food and necessary things for monks.) Since then the people have been called this temple "Wat Sangkatan".

Luang Pho Sanong Katapoonyo was the monk who restored this temple in 1968. He CD some to the conclusion that the temple site was suitable for Buddhist teaching and meditation. He came back again in 1974 and with the cooperation of novices and local people to begin renovating the "Laung Pho Tor" image in the following year.

In 1993, he ordered the removal of the old Sala where Laung Pho Tor was exhibited in order to build a new Main Hall for the temple. This new main hall is made of glass and took a year and a half to build. The hall consists of two stories. The upper floor is used for ordination and an area for praying and meditation. The ground floor is a room for donation and contains the library.

The temple is designed to be a forest temple with nature surrounding the entire meditation area. Monks' houses are different from ones at other temples as they are in the shape of boats.

The temple also has project for women's ordination (Nekkamma). The principle ceremony of Wat Sangkatan is the offering food to monks ceremony and takes place each weekend in the morning. There are large numbers of Buddhist that join the ceremony. After the ceremony monks and people residing at the temple eat and participate in Dhamma mediation.

The temple is very interesting and contains some amazing buildings. It’s a rare look into one of the Buddhist meditation centers in the Bangkok area.

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