WATPHASI CHAROEN
A 69-metre bronze Buddha and a white stupa with a glass stupa inside, on the Thonburi side of the river. Free to enter.
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The great stupa closes in the late afternoon (17:00–18:00 in reviews): go in the morning.
THIS WEEK
Usual days, with holidays and alcohol ban days. Not a promise for a given day.
Checked 31 October 2026
Last checked: 30 October 2026 · Free (Review-based)
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Phra Buddha Dhammakaya Thepmongkhon, in bronze, begun on 4 March 2017 and finished in 2021. You can see it from the BTS on the way.
Twelve-sided and white, with five floors inside, finished in 2012. A meditation hall and a museum are inside.
Inside the big stupa, one of its five floors holds an 8-metre stupa made of glass.
The abbot who revived the temple died in 1959 and was never cremated. People still come to pay respects at his coffin, under his statue.
Wat Paknam was founded in 1610, and its 32,000 square metres are still ringed by water. In 1916 Luang Pu Sodh became abbot; the Dhammakaya meditation tradition began with him here.
The big stupa took from 2004 to 2012; the Big Buddha in front of it from 2017 to 2021.
BEFORE YOU GO
Pack a light long-sleeved top or scarf and long trousers or a long skirt; it is hot, so loose cotton works best.
You take them off at every hall door.
Ticket offices may take cards, but ferries, drinks and donation boxes are cash.