Wat Plai Laem, Ko Samui

Wat Plai Laem, Ko Samui (Thailand)

Wat Plai Laem is a wat on the resort island of Ko Samui Thailand. Like the nearby Wat Phra Yai or Big Buddha Temple it is a modern Buddhist temple. The temples design incorporates elements of Chinese and Thai traditions and was in part designed by distinguished Thai artist Jarit Phumdonming. Its main statue which is in Chinese style is not of Gautama Buddha. It is a form of t