Wat Rat Udom

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Operating time: 08.00 - 17.00

 

Wat Rat Udom Pha To, Tha Wang Pha, Nan. Affiliated with the Maha Nikaya monastic order, the temple is situated on a plot of land measuring 5 rai, 3 ngan, and 16 square wah. The abbot is Phra Athikan Singthong Chittathammo of Wat Rat Udom.

 

The boundaries of the temple are as follows: to the north, approximately 30 wa, bordered by private land; to the south, approximately 30 wa, bordered by a public road and private land; to the east, approximately 80 wa, bordered by the Thawangpha–Chiang Kham Road; and to the west, approximately 80 wa, bordered by a public road and private land. The temple also possesses one parcel of monastic land (Throni Song), with an area of 1 rai.

 

Wat Rat Udom was granted permission for establishment on June 1, 1972. The land was donated by Mr. Khai Lamkham, and the request for establishment was submitted by Mr. Khiao Maiya. The Ministry of Education officially recognized the temple on February 28, 1977. Locals refer to it as "Wat Nanun."

 

The temple was granted Wisungkhamsima (the sacred boundary for ordination) on July 4, 1986. The designated area measures 20 meters wide by 40 meters long. Wat Rat Udom, together with the faithful community from Nanun 2 and 3 villages, jointly constructed a chedi (stupa) on June 9, 2006.

 

The construction was completed in 2007, taking one year and costing over 2 million baht. Later, under the leadership of Abbot Phra Athikan Singthong Chittathammo and the temple devotees, a formal request was made to receive the relics of the Lord Buddha from His Holiness Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara, the Supreme Patriarch of Thailand, on March 8, 2007.

 

On May 20, 2008, the temple received nine relics of the Lord Buddha along with the official name of the chedi, Phra Borommathat Chedi Si Udom Mongkhon. A consecration ceremony was held on June 9, 2007, to enshrine the relics and install the chedi’s finial.

 

The ceremony was presided over by Phra Thep Nanthacharn, the Chief Monk of Nan Province, and Phra Khru Phrom Werasunthon, the Chief Monk of Thawangpha District. Mr. Sompong Anuyutthaphong, the Governor of Nan Province at the time, served as the lay president of the ceremony.