Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaew

Temple Built From Over A Million Recycled Glass Bottles, Known As The Temple Of A Million Bottles · Khun Han, Sisaket

Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaew, known across Thailand as Wat Lan Khuat, the temple of a million bottles, is a Buddhist forest temple in Khun Han district of Sisaket province, in the far south of Isaan near the Cambodian border. From the mid-1980s the monks began collecting discarded glass bottles, mostly green beer bottles and brown ones, and set them into concrete to build their temple, and over the years they and local people used well over a million of them. The result is a whole compound of bottle buildings: the ordination hall, whose walls and roofs glitter green and brown, a crematorium, monks' living quarters, a water tower, bathrooms and gateways, with mosaics of Buddha images and patterns made from bottle caps. It is a working temple and a place of practice, not a theme park, and it rewards a quiet, respectful visit. It is remote, reached by car or local transport from Sisaket or Khun Han town, and easy to combine with the Khmer temple of Prasat Sa Kamphaeng Yai and the countryside of Sisaket.

Khun Han, Khun Han, Sisaket, 33150, Thailand

NO OPENING TIME HERE WAS CHECKED. The typical pattern: the temple grounds are open to visitors every day from early morning to about 5 or 6 pm, with no closing day and no ticket; the ordination hall opens at set times or for ceremonies and may be locked when you arrive. There is no last entry as such, but visitors should leave the grounds by dusk, when monks begin evening chanting. Nearby Khmer sites such as Prasat Sa Kamphaeng Yai open roughly 8 am to 5 or 6 pm. The traps that ruin a day are arriving in the midday heat and glare, finding the hall closed for a ceremony, depending on the last bus back from Khun Han, and driving south to the border cliffs without checking whether they are open. Confirm current times before relying on them.

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