Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaeo
A wat built from more than a million and a half empty beer bottles, green and brown, set into the walls like mosaic. The monks began collecting them in 1984, and by 2009 some 20 buildings had gone up the same way.
- Where
- Khun Han, Sisaket, Thailand
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 14.6183, 104.4188
Get the Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaeo stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaeo. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Sisaket volume with your photos and a note.
Near Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaeo
Prasat Sikhoraphum 76 km
A small Khmer sanctuary of the 12th century between Surin and Sisaket, made of five brick towers on a single base. It was converted to Buddhist use in the 16th century, and the roofs of its towers show the influence of Lao builders.
Pha Taem National Park 146 km
Sandstone cliffs above the Mekong at Thailand's eastern edge, looking straight across to Laos. A path along the cliff face passes prehistoric paintings of fish, people and hands, and the viewpoint here is among the first places in the country to see the sunrise.
Prasat Muang Tam 155 km
A Khmer temple of the late 10th and early 11th centuries, at the foot of the hill below Phanom Rung. Built for Shiva, with Vishnu also worshipped, its brick towers stand within walls and L-shaped ponds that once mirrored the whole sanctuary.
Phanom Rung Historical Park 159 km
A Khmer temple of sandstone and laterite built on the rim of an extinct volcano, 402 metres up, between the 10th and 13th centuries. Raised for Shiva and later used by Buddhists, it is reached by a long processional way, and a few times a year the sun shines straight through its fifteen doorways.
Sdok Kok Thom 201 km
The largest Angkorian temple in eastern Thailand, an 11th century sandstone sanctuary built for Shiva by a powerful priestly family. It is the original home of one of the most revealing inscriptions the Khmer Empire left behind.
Phimai Historical Park 217 km
The ancient town of Phimai and its great sandstone sanctuary, Prasat Phimai, the largest ancient Mahayana Buddhist temple in Thailand. Its pale sandstone towers and galleries are among the finest Khmer architecture outside Cambodia, and the park has been open since 1989.
Prasat Phanom Wan 243 km
A Khmer sanctuary of the 11th century outside Nakhon Ratchasima, built as a Hindu temple and later turned to Buddhist use. Still an active wat, it is one of the largest Khmer temples in Thailand, on ground that has yielded Bronze and Iron Age burials.
Sirindhorn Museum 250 km
A geology museum at Non Buri in Kalasin's Sahatsakhan district, given over to the dinosaurs whose fossils have been dug from the hills here. Skeletons, casts and models tell the story of the creatures that once lived in what is now Isan.
Questions
Where is Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaeo?
Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaeo is in Khun Han, Sisaket, Thailand. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Prasat Sikhoraphum (76 km), Pha Taem National Park (146 km), Prasat Muang Tam (155 km).
How do I get the Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaeo stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaeo and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Sisaket volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaeo before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Sisaket volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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