Six kilometres south of Chiang Rai is this most amazing modern white Buddhist temple, created by a rather eccentric visual artist, Chalermchai Kositpipat in 1999. His work depicts the nature of Buddha: white for his purity and the reflective mirrored glass for Buddha's wisdom.
Tony being greeted by the artist himself! He spent about one million US dollars from proceeds of sales from his paintings, which are on exhibit in a separate hall. As you walk over a bridge to the temple gateway, there are hundreds of grasping hands pleading for help from each side of the floor. I assume this represents Hell. Menacing looking devils guard each side of the temple gates. Then as you walk up the bridge, you notice a pond with water fountains, before passing through the entrance to the Temple itself, with a huge statute of Buddha meditating. All around the walls are modern depictions of Buddha's teachings. There are images of the twin towers collapsing, space ships, mobile phones and Superman. We stood and examined the murals for ages as we saw more and more interesting icons of our modern world. Photos were not allowed inside, so you will have to use your imagination.
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