The temple has been a favorite tourist stop in Thailand, charging admission for ... Buddhist monks founded it in 1994 as a forest sanctuary in Kanchanaburi Province a few hours west of Bangkok.

He accepted the invitation and chose to stay at this temple since at that time it was nestled in a thick forest and had a serene ... The project was initiated by Thai Beverage to mark the 150th ...

Tourists flock to Thai tiger temple but some fear possibility of animal ... catapulting this small forest monastery into the international limelight. Every afternoon, up to 1,000 tourists from ...

central Thailand, where they unearthed 41 bodies. According to local reports, the temple, situated in a serene forest and spanning about 16,000 square metres, was renowned for its spiritual ...

Thai police have arrested a Buddhist monk over allegations he embezzled more than $9 million from the prominent temple he ran which was funded by donations from devotees. Investigators from the ...

She has been working at PEOPLE since 2017. All four monks at a small Buddhist temple in northern Thailand were defrocked after reportedly failing drug tests. The monks, which included an abbot ...

The Fine Arts Department in Thailand has announced a remarkable archaeological discovery at a major Buddhist site in northeastern Thailand. At Wat Dhammachak Semaram, a temple famed for its ...

The Wat Samphran Temple in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand, is an architectural marvel. This 17-story cylindrical pink tower features a large dragon sculpture on the exterior. The Buddhist building is 80 ...

Walking onto the grounds of a Buddhist temple in Thailand can be at once mesmerizing ... had about 20 stupas built across the forest of stony peaks, some of them golden three-story cones, others ...

Thailand had demanded the return of the ... Advertisement San Surin was put to work in chains logging the forest and in temple processions and did not receive treatment for injuries sustained ...

The Vongasavarits ran restaurants in Thailand but said they won’t be moving on from the temple food court anytime soon. “Owning restaurants is a headache,” Heng said. “Here, the initial ...