Yes it's true the people around the temple has been trying to harassed us with donations as well but we knew about this before we came over so be prepared if anyone would visit this temple. It's a tricky way of making money and they will insist you on donations by asking to sympathies them and very persuasive. Some authorities... More

The temple area is small. The most spectacular is the giant sleeping buddha. Joss-stick is selling beside the giant sleeping buddha.

In spite of its claim to being the 3rd biggest reclining Buddha in the world (or was it just Thailand?), this temple, located behind a row of shop houses, doesn't really inspire. Several of the other reviewers claim to have been harassed for donations by certain people. This has never happened to me and isn't really a 'Thai' thing. Donations... More

First met with a lady at the temple entrance she requested to buy roof tiles to sponsor the construction of temple, then on and on she kept marketing things to pay for in the name of the temple....went below the reclining Buddha and there a priest requested us to pay some money for blessings and i had to repeat what... More

The temple area is small but the sleeping buddha statue is big. You can get a tuk-tuk driver to fetch u there and wait for you. There are people selling joss-stick for prayers and minimum charges is 100 bahts.

Don't go here. It's a filthy Buddhist compound. Lots of dog poops and the big Buddha seems to be covered in an inch of dust.

The world's third largest reclining Buddha is BEAUTIFUL! The reclining Buddha measured 35 meters long, 15 meters tall, and 10 meters wide, was named Phra Phuttha Hattha Mongkhon. Halfway admiring the statue, I was stopped by two ladies. They ushered me to one side and asked for temple donations. I was reluctant at first because I was traveling on a... More