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Wat Phrammani
Nakhon Nayok · Ban Yai, Mueang Nakhon Nayok, Nakhon Nayok15 m6 photosTempleOpen daily

The red-lipped Buddha temple, for luck and wishes

Wat Phrammani

Wat Phrammani, popularly Wat Luang Pho Pak Daeng, is a third-class royal temple in Nakhon Nayok, home to the red-lipped bronze Lan Xang Buddha and a memorial to the Japanese 37th Division.

Live today · Friday 23 Oct00:57
7.3out of 10
Good to go

Holiday / event — crowded · Hot (Afternoon) feels like 39°C

9Morning
7.6Late morning
6.1Afternoon
7.7Evening
Sunrise 06:07
Holiday — traffic on the way up and parking fills fast; leave early
Rain 57% · Light rain · Most rain in the afternoon around 14:00
Good forMerit-making, wishes, WWII history
Best timeYear-round (Nov–Feb is nicest)
EntryFree
From BangkokAbout 105–110 km
Time needed30–60 min
Travel from Nakhon Nayok townAbout 10 min from Nakhon Nayok town
Best timeApr, Nov – Feb
Before the temple

What to know before visiting the temple

Dress and etiquette

Dress modestly, covering shoulders and knees · Remove shoes in the ordination hall · Keep quiet while others pray · Do not climb or sit on statues or the memorial

Opening hours

About 07:00–17:00 daily (sources differ)

Quiet times

16:30

Festivals

Songkran 13–15 Apr: bathing the replica of Luang Pho Pak Daeng

Before you go

6 days ahead
When to go

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this week
Safety today · nothing to watch out for
Severe weatherNone · light showersEarthquakesNone in 48 hMajor disastersNoneSite noticesNone

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Daily detailsFriday 23 Oct
Good to go · 7.3/10

Best time to go Best window 06:00–13:00 Little rain · light drizzle possible at times

By time of day
Morning 05–099
Late morning 09–127.6Hot, feels 39°
Afternoon 12–166.1Hot, feels 39°
Evening 16–197.7Some showers

Holiday — traffic on the way up and parking fills fast; leave early

Sky and view
Clear sky / good views9/10
Visibility9 km
Cloud cover19%
Rain and storms
Rain chance57%
Rainfall1.6 mm
Humidity78%
LightningNo signal
Body and air
Feels like39°C
UV index8
Gusts~25 km/h
PM2.5 dust8 µg/m³
Time and crowds
Sunrise06:07
Sunset17:51
CrowdsVery busy (public holiday)

Hour by hour

TemperatureRain chanceScored hours
Sunrise 06:07Sunset 17:5106:00 Rain 0%07:00 Rain 0%08:00 Rain 0%09:00 Rain 0%10:00 Rain 4%11:00 Rain 25%12:00 Rain 25%13:00 Rain 52%14:00 Rain 57%15:00 Rain 25%16:00 Rain 25%17:00 Rain 25%18:00 Rain 15%19:00 Rain 15%20:00 Rain 15%25°0626°0727°0829°0930°1031°1125%31°1225%31°1352%30°1457%30°1525%30°1625%30°1725%29°1815%28°1915%28°2015%
TimeTemperatureRain chance
25°0%
26°0%
27°0%
29°0%
30°4%
31°25%
31°25%
31°52%
30°57%
30°25%
30°25%
30°25%
29°15%
28°15%
28°15%

Green band = hours used for the score

Get to know

Wat Phrammani

Wat Phrammani (Wat Luang Pho Pak Daeng), Sarika–Nang Rong Road, Ban Yai, Mueang Nakhon Nayok.

A day here, hour by hour
  1. Quiet and cool
  2. Getting busy
  3. Crowds thin out

Arrive 16:30

Best photo spots
  • Temple gateWat Phrammani signMorning
  • Luang Pho Pak Daeng hallBuddha and offeringsDaytime
  • Japanese memorialMemorial platformDaytime
  • Animal statue gardenFun cornerDaytime

Before you go

Good to know here

Car park

Fills fast on the 1st and 16th

Ordination hall

A few steps

Packing checklist
Tips from visitors
  1. Common vow offerings: bananas, betel sets, garlands and red soda
  2. Dress modestly and remove shoes in the ordination hall
  3. For calm, avoid the 1st and 16th of the month
  4. Combine with Wat Tham Sarika and Sarika Waterfall on the same road
Admission

Adults 0 THB · Time needed 30–60 minutes

When is it crowded

The 1st and 16th of the month, holidays and Songkran

Who it suits
  • Kids Good; open grounds and animal statues
  • Seniors Good; flat grounds
  • Wheelchair Grounds mostly flat; the ordination hall has steps
  • Pets Not appropriate inside temple buildings
Where to eat
  • Temple stallsSnacks and drinks
  • Krua SarikaSarika Road, about 6–8 km, 062-501-2606
  • Restaurants in Nakhon Nayok townAbout 5 km
Etiquette here
  • Dress modestly, covering shoulders and knees
  • Remove shoes in the ordination hall
  • Keep quiet while others pray
  • Do not climb or sit on statues or the memorial
More cautions
  • Lottery days bring crowds and traffic at the gate
  • Lucky numbers from the holy-water basin are folk belief
  • Watch your belongings in crowds
Special times / festivals

Songkran 13–15 Apr: bathing the replica of Luang Pho Pak Daeng

Emergency numbers
Best times

Best months

Tap a month on the wheel to see weather, rain, haze and crowds from 10 years of records

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
OctoberOKWarm 24–31°C
RainHigh
HazeGood
CrowdsModerate
StatusOK
Rains easing

Best time · Nov–Feb for pleasant weather · Songkran (13–15 Apr) for the bathing rite · mornings are quietest

Watch out · The 1st and 16th of each month and the day before — crowded, parking fills

Actual weather records 2016–2025
Rainfall (mm)Clear days
JanuaryTemperature21–31°CAvg rain18 mmRainy days3 daysClear12 daysPM2.522 · Moderate31°
21°
Jan
FebruaryTemperature22–32°CAvg rain34 mmRainy days5 daysClear16 daysPM2.526 · Moderate32°
22°
Feb
MarchTemperature24–34°CAvg rain51 mmRainy days9 daysClear13 daysPM2.528 · Moderate34°
24°
Mar
AprilTemperature25–35°CAvg rain90 mmRainy days13 daysClear8 daysPM2.522 · Moderate35°
25°
Apr
MayTemperature25–33°CAvg rain251 mmRainy days24 daysClear2 daysPM2.516 · Moderate33°
25°
May
JuneTemperature25–32°CAvg rain400 mmRainy days28 daysClear0 daysPM2.514 · Great32°
25°
Jun
JulyTemperature25–31°CAvg rain497 mmRainy days30 daysClear0 daysPM2.512 · Great31°
25°
Jul
AugustTemperature25–31°CAvg rain499 mmRainy days29 daysClear0 daysPM2.511 · Great31°
25°
Aug
SeptemberTemperature24–31°CAvg rain472 mmRainy days28 daysClear1 daysPM2.511 · Great31°
24°
Sep
OctoberTemperature24–31°CAvg rain223 mmRainy days23 daysClear2 daysPM2.511 · Great31°
24°
Oct
NovemberTemperature22–31°CAvg rain51 mmRainy days9 daysClear7 daysPM2.513 · Great31°
22°
Nov
DecemberTemperature21–31°CAvg rain10 mmRainy days2 daysClear12 daysPM2.59 · Great31°
21°
Dec

Oct by the records 24–31°C · avg rain 223 mm (23 rainy days) · clear 2 days · avg PM2.5 11

Stories and history

The story of this place

Wat Phrammani, known locally as Wat Luang Pho Pak Daeng, stands at Ban Yai, Mueang Nakhon Nayok, beside the Sarika–Nang Rong road at about km 5, some 5 km from town. It is a third-class royal temple, raised in honour of King Rama IX's 84th birthday, as announced in June 2012.

Read more 5 more paragraphs

Most sources say the temple was built under King Rama V around 1896 and received consecrated boundary land in 1903, though one source dates it to King Rama I. No source explains the name "Phrammani". According to the temple's own account, Luang Pho Pak Daeng was brought from Vientiane by Lao migrants, is said to be a sibling of the Phra Suk and Phra Sai images, and was set down on the ground where the temple now stands. Another local tradition says that when King Rama V toured the Prachinburi area a royal elephant collapsed here, so he ordered a temple built as a memorial; a statue of Rama V stands in the vihara and two large elephant statues at the entrance (oral tradition, not documented).

Luang Pho Pak Daeng is a bronze Buddha in meditation, Lan Xang style, with a lap width of 49 inches and a height of about 1 m, robed in a pikul-flower pattern. Its slightly parted lips are painted bright red, which gives the name. It sits in the ordination hall, where people pray for luck, work and children, fulfilling vows with bananas, betel sets, garlands and red soda.

In late 1944 the Imperial Japanese Army 37th Division, raised at Kumamoto in 1939, was sent south to Nakhon Nayok to meet an expected British advance from Burma, and camped in the grounds of Wat Phrammani and nearby Khao Thurian. Japanese soldiers who died in the area were buried at the temple. After the war ended in August 1945 the division shipped home in May 1946 and was disbanded.

The division's veterans' association built the Japanese 37th Division Memorial at the temple, moving the buried remains into its platform in memory of about 7,920–7,929 dead. One source dates its dedication to 29 December 1989, while the Designated Areas for Sustainable Tourism Administration (DASTA) gives 1992.

The current abbot, Phra Thep Watcharaphromkhun (Sawat Wongklat), known as Luang Pho Tueng, began restoring the then-abandoned temple around 1983 and has been abbot since 9 April 1986 and has been Nakhon Nayok's provincial ecclesiastical head since 5 September 2011. He was raised to the Thep rank on 3 June 2026. Today the temple is busiest before the lottery draws on the 1st and 16th and at Songkran, when a replica of the image is bathed in front of the ordination hall. In 2026 the temple ran a Lent candle and bathing-cloth drive for remote temples, and on 20–23 October 2026 it hosted the province's Nak Tham first-level Dhamma exams.

  1. c. 1896Temple built under King Rama V (one source says Rama I)
  2. 1903Consecrated boundary land granted
  3. Dec 1944Japanese 37th Division camps at the temple
  4. Aug 1945World War II ends
  5. May 194637th Division ships home
  6. c. 1983Luang Pho Tueng begins restoring the abandoned temple
  7. 9 Apr 1986Phra Sawat Wongklat becomes abbot
See 4 events
  1. 29 Dec 1989 or 1992Japanese 37th Division Memorial dedicated (sources differ)
  2. 2011–2012Raised to a third-class royal temple
  3. 3 Jun 2026Abbot raised to Phra Thep Watcharaphromkhun
  4. 20–23 Oct 2026Hosts the provincial Nak Tham exams
Luang Pho Pak Daeng
Luang Pho Pak DaengPhoto: Chainwit. / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Vow offerings
Vow offeringsPhoto: Chainwit. / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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    Getting there

    How to get there

    Paved, easy access

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    CarAbout 1.5 h from Bangkok

    Rangsit–Nakhon Nayok Rd (305) into town, then toward Sarika · Fuel

    Songthaew/motorbike taxiAbout 5 km

    From Nakhon Nayok town · Negotiate

    Road

    Sarika–Nang Rong Road, about km 5

    Parking

    Temple car park; fills fast on lottery days

    Fuel

    Nakhon Nayok town

    Mobile signal

    Good

    Opening hours

    About 07:00–17:00 daily (sources differ)

    Distance

    around 5 km fromNakhon Nayok town

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    Foreigner entry fee

    0 THB

    FAQ

    FAQ
    Before you goWat Phrammani

    Answers travellers want before they go — a one-minute read

    01

    Why is it called Wat Luang Pho Pak Daeng?

    Its bronze main image, Luang Pho Pak Daeng, has bright red-painted lips

    02

    What should I offer?

    Usually bananas, betel sets, garlands and red soda, plus incense, candles and flowers

    03

    What is the Japanese memorial?

    A memorial to the Imperial Japanese Army 37th Division, which camped at the temple in 1944–45. Veterans built it about 1989–1992 and it holds remains once buried here

    04

    How old is the temple?

    Most sources say it was built under King Rama V around 1896, with consecrated boundary land granted in 1903

    05

    Is there an entry fee?

    No

    06

    Is it a royal temple?

    Yes, a third-class royal temple since 2011–2012

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