[2025 Tha Bo Attraction] Travel Guide for Wat Si Chomphu Ong Tue (Updated Jul)

#thailandtrip Address: Nam Mong Subdistrict, Tha Bo District, Nong Khai Province, Thailand 🇹🇭 Wat Si Chomphu Ong Tue was built in 2105. It is another famous place that has been with the city of Nong Khai for a long time. If anyone visits Nong Khai and does not stop by to pay homage to Luang Pho Phra Chao Ong Tue, it would be a pity. Luang Phor Phra Chao Ong Tue is enshrined at Wat Si Chomphu Ong Tue. It is a large Buddha statue cast from gold made by craftsmen from the North and Lan Xang. It is very beautiful and sits cross-legged in the Mara Vijaya posture. It is a sacred Buddha statue that people on both sides of the Mekong River respect and worship. #temple #nongkhai #thailand

This Buddha image was built in ancient times. It is beautiful and worthy of respect. It was built during the reign of King Saisettha Thirat, the ruler of Vientiane. The monks at Wat Si Chomphu Ong Tue met and discussed. They voted to cast this Buddha image in Ban Nam Mong (formerly known as Ban Nam Mong) for the worship of the next generations. When they agreed, they invited all Buddhists to collect some brass and some copper, depending on the faith of the people from the district and nearby provinces. They got one ton of gold (in the ancient Isan measurement, 100 Chang is ten thousand, 100 thousand is a hundred thousand, 10 hundred thousand is a million, 10 million is a crore, 10 crore is one kue, and 10 kue is one tue). The monks and villagers therefore cast it in sections. On the last day, which was the day of casting the top of the head, in the morning, they lifted the mold and poured it, but it did not stick. When they put the mold back in the new furnace, the gold was not melted yet. It was just as the time came for the monks to eat lunch. All the monks then threw the mold into the kiln or left the mold in the kiln and went up to have lunch in their huts. After finishing lunch, they came down and intended to pour the mold that was left, but it turned out that someone had poured it and the top of the Buddha's hair was more beautiful than it would be. It was amazing. After asking, it was found out that (a man wearing a white cloth came to lift the mold and pour it until it was finished) but because the mold was hot, when the pouring was finished, the man ran to the north of Ban Nam Mong. Someone saw him standing hesitantly by the edge of a pond and then disappeared. (The pond was later called Nong Lole by the villagers until today. And the man understood that it was an angel who came to help build it.) When the cast Buddha image was brought to be enshrined in the temple, two high-ranking officials from Vientiane came to visit Ban Nam Mong, named Than Muen Chan and Than Muen Ram. Both of them saw Phra Chao Ong Tue and had faith in him to help. So they helped build the base and did something like promoting the faith of the builder. When the two officials returned to Vientiane, He reported this to King Chaiyasetthathirat who was ruling Vientiane at that time. King Chaiyasetthathirat came to see it and was filled with faith. He therefore built a temple to enshrine it and divided the territory into a territory for the slaves of King Ong Tue.

Another place worth visiting to worship Buddha.

#summerdream Visit Nong Khai, you must come to visit Nong Khai province here, Luang Pho Ong Tue, is a large ancient Buddha statue weighing 1 Tue (approximately 12,000 kilograms, Tue is the measurement of Lanna people). The Buddha statue was built in Lanna art. According to evidence, it is estimated to have been built around 2105. It is a Buddha statue that is a symbol of both the Thai and Vientiane sides. Try to come and pay homage at Wat Si Chomphu Ong Tue.