Feed the monkeys at Suwankhuha Temple, visit the magnificent large cave hall, see the royal names monogram of many kings and queens of Thailand, as well as members of the royal family and high officials who have all inscribed symbols to represent their names according to tradition. When they visited Suwankhuha Cave or Chaeng Cave inside Suwankhuha Temple, Tambon Krasom, Amphoe Takua Thung, Phang Nga Province.
We arrived at Suwankuha Temple and found that it is a destination for many tourists, both Western and Chinese tours. This is because there are activities to feed monkeys and pigeons. It has become the most popular tourist attraction in Phang Nga. Visitors can buy animal food, including bananas and corn, for 50 baht per set, to feed the animals in the temple.
There is no clear evidence of its construction at Suwannakhuha Temple. From the stone inscriptions inside the cave, it can be concluded that Phraya Borisut Lohaphumindrathibodi (Thin), the governor of Takua Thung, and Phra Phetkiri Siwichai Songkhram (Men), the younger deputy governor, worked together to restore and renovate the temple by excavating and decorating the cave floor and constructing various Buddha both small and large, as well as building a pagoda to enshrine the ancestors ashes. When it was completed, a celebration was held in 1858. Before that, it was already a temple.
Starting from King Chulalongkorns visit to the Malay Peninsula in 1890 AD. he visited Suwannakhuha Temple and left his initials Jor.Por.Ror. 109 on the cave wall. Later, the initials of the various reigns (King Rama VII, King Rama IX, Queen Rambhai Barni and Queen Sirikitti), as well as the names of many members of the royal family and high officials, were written on the wall. In addition, during the reign of King Rama VI, when he was still Crown Prince Maha Vajiravudh, when he visited the southern provinces, he had lunch at Tham Chaeng, which is a cave inside Suwannakhuha Temple.
Inside the cave, there is also a large reclining Buddha, a group of stucco Buddha images in the style of local southern art, a stupa containing the remains of the ancestors of the former city lords, and prehistoric tools and utensils discovered.
You can visit caves all the time in Phang Nga because many tourist attractions are natural caves, big and small, If you dont visit, you wont be able to do it. Dont miss visiting Phang Nga once. You might like it so much that you want to stay and travel for a long stay.
