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Hi Guys! Greetings! I'm your Follow Jack
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And I hope everything is going well for everyone
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In our Thailand series our third spot will be a beautiful temple
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It's behind me, The big Buddha temple
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It can't be observed from here, if we go inside we can see it clearly
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In Thailand, specifically Pattaya
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This is a must-see spot, can you see it now?
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We're right now standing near parking area
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If you planned your tour via agencies
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The one day plan will cover this temple, Pattaya beach, Pattaya nightlife, and the sanctuary of truth
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That's a wooden temple where we'll go next
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so these will be covered in the one day trip for Pattaya, if you book a package plan
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It will be mostly one day trip only
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this is a beautiful and peaceful temple and the speciality here is
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They carved this Buddha from a single stone
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That too is from a Jade stone, which is a precious mineral
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They gold-plated the statue after that, I’ll show it from near
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It's so beautiful when seeing from my eyes, and it's even beautiful when I remove the shades!
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like our nation this country also have prime minister
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but they also have kings for separate regions and once in every year
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The king will change the dress for the idol by himself
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He will also do decorations for him, it's a great thing
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Look at the path for the temple, looks cool
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Similar to five headed snakes from our locality, They have dragons
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We can see the Buddha if we walked along this steps
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The time period to see the Buddha is from 8 AM to 5 PM
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And the sceneries will look good
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around 8 AM in the morning, The idol will also looks wonderful during that time
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This is the entrance of the temple
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we need to climb via this path and for the costume we wear it should cover most parts
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It's applicable to both men and women, I'm referring to
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avoid sleeveless or shorts
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They also provide cloth to cover if you’re already wearing sleeveless if you're unaware of the rules
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So for the visitors
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They have this place for covering with clothes, They also worship the Buddha here
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We're allowed to wear shoes till there
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I never explored that much and clueless about the temple inside
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We may be required to drop our shoes outside of the shrine
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Another good thing respective to Thailand is
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They believe in Buddhism, as our country divided in different religious beliefs
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95% of this country are believed in Buddhism
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Other religious followers are included in the remaining 5%
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But as I travel this country
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I can observe Lord Ganesh in many places like food stalls, posters etc
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They drew Ganesh appearance on grass, fire and moon
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We can see many different avatars of him
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Without wasting any time, let’s go and see
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This is our path and the steps are gradually elevated
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for easy climbing
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As we saw that snake like structure down at the start
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It's Dragon and look at the structure of it
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The tail ends here and the curved path looks nice
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I guess this stretch is about 150 Metres and
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it appears as slope but the density of the step is about 3 inch
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So it won’t make you tire, unlike conventional steps from other temples
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this is to ensure the peace and convenience of the people
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It’s there to ensure the calm mind of the people while climbing
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It's not my opinion as they mentioned this matter at the start
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They explained the reason for doing this
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We should not get tired while going for a worship, we need to be relaxed
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We have so much of Buddha,
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We're allowed to wander with footwear around this spot but some people
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left their footwear here out of respect
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You can do donations here
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They never charge entry fee here and ensure the timing as it's 8AM - 5PM
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This Buddha here looks so beautiful
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He is the king and when we enter this place
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We're not allowed to take video at the shrine and they request us to keep that as a exhibit of respect
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We also allowed to take video on the outside, we’re following that guidelines
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I'll worship individually and just show it from here for you guys
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This is a small sit out area where people can rest after their visit
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The grass are artificial only!
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But the plants and small trees provide great shade for this place
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The best time is, I have visited now, and it's a slightly sweating for me
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They told me there was heavy rain during the last 3 days and it looks like not any more!
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The weather and scene looks so majestic, can you see it?
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That's made of single jade rock, which is a gemstone
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The colour of the stone will be green and
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He is built with that stone and then they gold plated the idol
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Polished with gold and
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jade is a mixture of jadeite nephrite
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The colour will ideally green and
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Available in the southeast regions like Malaysia, Thailand and Philippines
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These are so rare in this regions too and I can see that too
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and the lips and some spots on the hands of the idol
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We can see the green lining so the gold plating was
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slightly faded so we can observe the jade stone
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There are many small Buddha idols and I'm not sure what it is
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Look here five headed snake is giving shade to him
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Now it's getting more sunny
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It's scorching, and here we can buy
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Things such as small lamps, incense sticks and oil
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sticks are 10 Bhats and lamp oil is 20 Baths
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I'm feeling so peaceful right now, and I hope you can experience the same if you visit this spot
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Another Buddha is here and
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Last time I saw Buddha in Srilanka
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But only concern here is, They're not having English option in many signs
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So reading is difficult
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They looks like Samurai or emperors made in green shade
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I'm not sure if it's clear because of the sun's reflection
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Buddha is sleeping and looks like laughing Buddha
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Laughing Buddha is known as Kuberar in our region
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He is a so old Buddha and he is walking with a stick
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One laughing buddha on this side, another important thing is
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This is the back side of the Buddha
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We usually notice the front of the idol only and
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many will unfinished on the back side, but that's not the case here
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View is so famous, and it's rumoured that many will visit here only for the view
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That maybe true also as I can see the Pattaya beach
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Looks cool, so
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That whole stretch is Pattaya beach only
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The wind is heavy and unlike situation to that front area
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This chills my sweaty body
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This is also a sit out area as they have these shelters
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We won’t be trapped during rain or hot summer
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Look at this Buddha so unique and I have never seen like this before
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Looks like Buddha who is on heavy fasting and with shallow body
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Look he is so lean and the stomach has big pit like structure
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This is known as the stage before the enlightened death
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I think it's similar to that, I'm seeing this type statue for the first time
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I have seen Buddhas from Srilanka and Indonesia. But not like this one
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He is so lean and on the verge of death
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There is one bath stone here
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In this place, King will be [BACKGROUND NOISE]
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[BACKGROUND NOISE] Can you see it?
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They have this small shelter
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There is one Buddha as well
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So boys are taking photos from that place
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There are so many small Buddha statutes under here and I can see there are some small hen statues
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It's similar to the zodiac signs from Tamil and English method
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They have Chinese zodiac and mine is rooster on that
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There are many animals for that so to fulfil their prayers
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They place the symbol statues
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As I said, I can see the green lines, you may not able to see
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I'm sure that it won’t be captured in camera
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That indicates the jade's make
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They have this leaf-like plant structure
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They write their wishes and plans
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Either about their family's wellbeing or their relationships
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They will hang their prayers
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Appearance and texture mimics the leaves and it's so fragile
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It comes in gold and silver plated
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So they write their prayers on this
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I also believe in such things, so will do the same while leaving
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To get a prosper life
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You can see very small Buddha, so beautiful
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I'm like a small ant under this huge Buddha!
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I can't believe it was made from a single stone, It's a great thing
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People opt for cement structures but they made it with a single gemstone
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Here we can see a small Buddha in the middle of a small pond like structure
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They're not flowers but floating candles
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They will put that here and you can buy from these shops
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You can also buy other pooja things as well
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They also put price boards like 20 and 10 Bhat
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They all for sale and you can buy small Buddha statue as well
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This is a meditation area in the middle
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We need to drop our footwears for that
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I'll explain about those stick like structures while leaving
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They'll have baskets for each zodiac
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So you can put your wishes and manifestations on those sticks
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It's similar to the stand that holds coolers
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You can put your sticks in those pots with your prayers
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Look at here, Big bell that seems to be used to announce the entrance of the King
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[Movie clip]
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I can't see the gong stick used to hit this; I guess they hide it to prevent tourists from making noises
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Look at this; it's so huge. Good ambience!
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This may look like a big temple, but to my knowledge
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It's within 200 metres radius, as you can see the scenery point
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This temple is small when considering the area
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But this place has many beautiful things. The one most obvious one is he
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If you visit Pattaya, You must visit this Big Buddha temple
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It's original name is wat...[SPEAKER NOISE]
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I guess similar to that, my pronunciation is wrong and the local people's pronunciation is totally different
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It's hard to pronounce their words
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Kindly apologise if I made any mistakes, so do visit this Big Buddha temple
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This will give you mental peace and serenity
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it's one of the famous tourist spot, you have to visit
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I'll tell one thing about this shop, all things you're seeing are for sale
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They have small to large Buddhas and craftsmanship are wonderful
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Looks so beautiful and laughing buddha is cute
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If you wish to present gift for someone
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Do buy this gift from this place as everything looks beautiful
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This miniature statue looks cool as it's only comparable to my finger's size
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This statue also looks cool
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They also have pictures to hang on walls, and they do have small ornaments like pills
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You can find miniatures on that too, can you see it? these costs around 100 Bhat
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This can be used as a pendant, rings, ropes
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used to tie the beads, everything costs 100 Bhat as the board says
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All different colours are available, like black, red, yellow, green and white. They also have in wood texture
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Look, they have gold chains too!
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It's the zodiac spot, as we cal it as Midhunam, simmam in Tamil zodiac
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similar to that they have a unique zodiac system
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Like monkey, rooster, dog, boar,
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Goat, horse, snake and dragon too
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In your respective zodiac
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Similar to that leaflet
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They have a leaf on pencil-like stick
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They put money on that and they put it in the big cylinder with their prayers
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20 Bhat you can mostly see and
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50 and 100 Bhat also can be observed
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Year of Dog... they have indicating boards for that
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The stick is free but people put money on that for the prayers
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If you're not sure about your symbol
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They mentioned the year on this chart
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Each zodiac signs have different years, you can check with the year you born
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So everything will be
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Available there, as I told I'm rooster
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I born in 1993, so my sign is rooster
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So everyone will eat me easily! just kidding
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They look so beautiful for the prayers
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After entering the temple you can worship or do meditation
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and if you do these prayers your life will be good that's the concept
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I told this thing as oil initially but it's not oil, rather red water
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As you can see they use this red water for..
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as we offer foods to our Gods in our locality
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This is similar to that concept, so they will buy those flowers and
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they will place this red water on the side
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They also put straws on those bottles and thinks that he will drink that from those straws
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As you can see they put it on every sides
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This is a unique concept and I noticed one new thing
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As I said you can buy things from the shop
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All comes under 20-30 Bhat range only
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They put that money in the offerings box
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All place contains small boxes like this
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They will pray and put money on those as they never getting money from hands
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I wonder what is the purpose of this basket, this also acts as a savings box
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as it contains money, you can put money via this mouth
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This concept is so nice
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They also have these kind of boxes in shops but I missed to notice
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Then I asked one of the vendors, he said that they never see this as a business opportunity
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He said everything is for the devolopment
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if you buy anything
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they will put the money on the offering boxes
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They have such good habits and I'm not willing to leave this place now
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Both the place and the people are beautiful.
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Guys you saw the video about Pattaya's Big Buddha temple
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I hope you like it. I'll visit a small temple next
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will see you in that video, if you visit pattaya
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don't forget to visit this place, there are many places like this in Thailand other than beaches and nightlife
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We'll explore all places, Thanks for watching
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DO comment about this video and provide your suggestions in the comment box
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I'll update my live status and other things on my Insta page
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Thank you so much, I'm ending it here.
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Until we meet next time, I'm Follow Jack. Signing off
