Hey everyone, at the beginning I welcome you all to my blog and I am happy if your week has brought one or the other interesting experience into your life! Today I would like to expand my travel blog again and am happy if you like my post or I can even motivate one or the other to visit this place themselves.
I saw this special temple which also known as the Sanctuary of Truth, during my time in Pattaya and it was also one of the most interesting buildings I have seen there. Now I have to clarify that it's officially not even a temple but a museum and here there is often the misconception which, however, was clarified right at the beginning of the tour. Even if the first picture does not suggest, the building is only about 40 years old and not even completely finished, which does not matter because it is already admirable enough and I think it's also hard to beat in terms of artistic performance. As material was mainly used wood and even when it comes to the construction no nails were used and even the connections to hold the temple together were made of wood and different types of wood were used here.
It cannot be visited directly and to be able to visit the museum, I had to join a group and here there was a form of slot system in which visitors could regularly join guided tours but at the end of the tour I could move freely. Already at the beginning we went with the group tour through a workshop in which numerous people have just carved wooden figures which proves how authentic the complex is and which detail is behind it and here I could already learn a lot about carving as an art form as well as the museum. Much here also revolves around the symbolism because it combines different philosophical aspects with each other and should subliminally also stimulate a lot to think and illuminate serious problems that are linked to social life and these enlightening aspects are clearly an important part.
Often it's also considered symbolically as a place of wisdom or harmony and many of the elements are also based on the mythology and so here, gods or other scenes can be seen and throughout I could recognise much symbolism in pretty much every corner during the tour. Another interesting fact when it comes to the construction is that the temple has not been deliberately completed to symbolise the continuous path of wisdom and especially because it is under construction, it's also always important to wear a helmet which visitors will of course receive free of charge at the beginning. For me it was absolutely worthwhile to visit the museums and I also think that it does not often happen to get such an extravagant building to see and in the area it is certainly one of the highlights!
Many thanks for stopping by and I hope you could learn something new and like my post and appreciate my effort! I captured these pictures with my Sony Alpha 6000 plus 55-210 mm and iPhone 16.