Wat Ratchatharam (Wat Phra That Sila Ngu)

#เที่ยวสไมล์ ราชธรรมราราม (Wat Phra That Sila Ngu) The only red limestone church on Koh Samui The only red chapel on Koh Samui. Standing out prominently at the front next to Thawi Rat Phakdi Road (the road around the island), it is made from salty limestone on Koh Samui, ground and mixed with cement and red, making it a unique sight for both Thai and foreign tourists. Even on the day that Muna visited, many foreigners turned their cars to visit this temple. It inherits the art of Srivijaya and Bayon (Srivijaya in the South, which is the prototype of Sukhothai and Khmer art, combined with carvings that have a Bayon Khmer influence). Pay homage to the Buddha statue inside in the Mara-Vijaya posture. The surrounding walls are carved with stucco stories of the Ramayana, Thotsakan fighting Phra Ram, Hanuman catching the fish, the life story of the Buddha, Mother Earth squeezing her hair. Every window is decorated with a pattern of the gods of the year of birth according to the zodiac. The ceiling is carved with stucco about the gods in the Tavatimsa heaven.