Wat Ban Tham or The Dragon Temple. Kanachanaburi. Thailand
Wat Ban Tham is a cave temple beside the Khwae Noi river. The temple features a long staircase leading into a dragon's mouth. Inside the dragon's head are murals depicting scenes from the classic Thai novel Khun Chang Khun Phaen, particularly the scene where Khun Phaen murders the preganant Nang Buakhli to make a Guman Thong spirit helper from her unborn baby. There is a stone shaped like Nang Buakhli inside the cave as well as a statue of the Guman Thong. The cave has a metal gate which may be locked if the temple staff are elsewhere. Normally, Thai visitors are shown up some stairs (shoes off inside the cave) and up the hill to receive a blessing from a monk at a small shrine.
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Location: Wat Ban Tham, Khao Noi, Tha Muang District, Kanchanaburi, Thailand
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