Tag: Buddha
Emerald Buddha Temple, popular tourist venues, still crowded with foreign tourists
BANGKOK, March 13 (TNA) – The Grand Palace and the Temple of the Emerald Buddha in Bangkok were still lively and crowded Saturday with foreign [Read More…]
Thais commemorate thousands killed by 2004 tsunami
Bangkok – Thousands of Thais made Buddhist merit Saturday at Takuapah in Phang-Nga province for the estimated 8,000 people killed by the December 26, 2004 [Read More…]
Almost 100 artefacts stolen from Khon Kaen museum
Khon Kaen National Museum lost almost 100 artefacts in a theft believed to conducted between December 4 and 5. Police suspected thieves entered the museum [Read More…]
Thamkrabok Monastery gives drug addicts their life back
Thamkrabok Located about 140 kilometres north of Bangkok, the renowed Thamkrabok Monastery Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Centre in the central province of Saraburi has for [Read More…]
School principal capitalizes on superstitions
Any casual observer may have noticed recently in many of Thailand’s cities a growing number of people wearing garish amulets around their necks, akin to what a dogmatically inclined Flavor Flav may sport.
Aside from the obvious fashion trend they
Keeping Tai Yuan culture alive in Ratchaburi
Five years ago, Udom Somporn opened Chipatha Museum in the Muang district of his native Ratchaburi. He did this to preserve the cultural heritage of the Tai Yuan people, of which he is one. The 65-year old retired professor is now the head of the commi…