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Wat Khaek (Sala Keoku) & Wat Pho Chai , Nong Khai

Posted on May 21, 2020October 21, 2025 by ivo moeys

The developer of the park is Bunleua Sulitat. Born in 1932 in Nong Khai district, the tale goes that he fell under a cavern where he fulfilled a hermit called Keoku would certainly become his spiritual mentor (as well as later Sala Keoku).

After finishing from his instruction with Keoku, Sulitat required to sculpting and in 1958 developed his initial concrete sculpture garden in Laos (Buddha Park near Vientiane). When the Communists involved power he fretted that his unorthodox sights could not be approved and also went across the Mekong to Nong Khai. In 1978, he began the building of Sala Keoku.
Sala Keoku has numerous sculptures, some towering 25 approximately meters into the sky. Sculptures of that elevation aren’t unique in Thailand yet it’s the design of the sculptures and also the sheer variety of them that makes this location special. Altogether there are over 100 sculptures.
Souritat passed away in 1996 from complications emerging from a fall from among his own sculptures. His body resides in the main structure and also his followers claim his hair .

Wat Po Chai

Stunning temple, vivid and also abundant thoroughly
” This was an incentive for me. I visited Nong Khai to go see Sala Kaew Ku and also see the Budha sculptures, yet had enough time to go browse through this holy place and it turned out to be worth the time. It is a stop you can choose the amount of time that benefits you. I truly delighted in the inside of this holy place. It’s both vivid and also rich carefully.”

Mekong River

Also, we spend some walk at the side of the Mekong River that makes the border of Thailand -Laos

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