Wat Cha-am

Wat Cha-am, also called Wat Cha-am Khiri, is a community temple of the Mahanikai order. It was founded in 1864 and received its royal grant of consecrated land (wisungkhamsima) on 14 September 2021.

An ancient cave, reached by a naga staircase of 108 steps, enshrines a sandstone Buddha image in the posture of subduing Mara, a reclining Buddha and a figure of the hermit Ruesi Ta Fai. There is also a passage cave shaped like a Bodhi leaf.

The principal image of the new ordination hall is a Phra Phuttha Chinnarat image set on a Benjarong-style stucco base. Murals tell the stories of important Buddha relics in various provinces and the royal work of King Bhumibol Adulyadej the Great.