Wat Pha Lat, a 14th-century Buddhist temple in Chiang Mai, Thailand, has warned foreign tourists against disrespectful ...
Officials at scared mountainside sanctuary threaten to close shrine to visitors permanently; online observers decry ...
Wat Pha Lat in Chiang Mai warns it will permanently close for foreign tourists if disrespectful behaviour continues ...
Venerable Phramaha Suphat Sukyai speaks with other monks on the phone on Tuesday, March 27, 2018, as they prepare for the upcoming Songkran Festival at the Wat Chaimongkolvararam Buddhist temple in ...
"The temple is now empty of monks and nearby villagers are concerned they cannot do any merit-making," said the official, Boonlert Thintapthai. Merit-making is a Buddhist practice that involves ...
BANGKOK (Reuters) - At a Buddhist temple south of Bangkok, a monk watches as a machine presses down on thousands of water bottles, before a giant bale of crushed plastic rolls out with a thud. The ...