What to know before visiting the temple
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
About 07:00–17:00 daily (sources differ)
16:30
Songkran 13–15 Apr: bathing the replica of Luang Pho Pak Daeng
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Best time to go Best window 06:00–14:00 Little rain · light drizzle possible at times
No warnings today — normal road and weather conditions
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Best time to go Fine all day little rain through the day · light drizzle possible at times
Thick morning fog with visibility under 1 km — use headlights and drive slowly
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Wat Phrammani
Wat Phrammani (Wat Luang Pho Pak Daeng), Sarika–Nang Rong Road, Ban Yai, Mueang Nakhon Nayok.
- Quiet and cool
- Getting busy
- Crowds thin out
Arrive 16:30
- Temple gateWat Phrammani signMorning
- Luang Pho Pak Daeng hallBuddha and offeringsDaytime
- Japanese memorialMemorial platformDaytime
- Animal statue gardenFun cornerDaytime
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Good to know here
Fills fast on the 1st and 16th
A few steps
- Common vow offerings: bananas, betel sets, garlands and red soda
- Dress modestly and remove shoes in the ordination hall
- For calm, avoid the 1st and 16th of the month
- Combine with Wat Tham Sarika and Sarika Waterfall on the same road
Adults 0 THB · Time needed 30–60 minutes
The 1st and 16th of the month, holidays and Songkran
- 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
- Temple stallsSnacks and drinks
- Krua SarikaSarika Road, about 6–8 km, 062-501-2606
- Restaurants in Nakhon Nayok townAbout 5 km
- 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
- Lottery days bring crowds and traffic at the gate
- Lucky numbers from the holy-water basin are folk belief
- Watch your belongings in crowds
Songkran 13–15 Apr: bathing the replica of Luang Pho Pak Daeng
Best months
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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
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Oct by the records 24–31°C · avg rain 223 mm (23 rainy days) · clear 2 days · avg PM2.5 11
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.
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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.
- c. 1896Temple built under King Rama V (one source says Rama I)
- 1903Consecrated boundary land granted
- Dec 1944Japanese 37th Division camps at the temple
- Aug 1945World War II ends
- May 194637th Division ships home
- c. 1983Luang Pho Tueng begins restoring the abandoned temple
- 9 Apr 1986Phra Sawat Wongklat becomes abbot
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- 29 Dec 1989 or 1992Japanese 37th Division Memorial dedicated (sources differ)
- 2011–2012Raised to a third-class royal temple
- 3 Jun 2026Abbot raised to Phra Thep Watcharaphromkhun
- 20–23 Oct 2026Hosts the provincial Nak Tham exams


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How to get there
Paved, easy access
Rangsit–Nakhon Nayok Rd (305) into town, then toward Sarika · Fuel
From Nakhon Nayok town · Negotiate
Sarika–Nang Rong Road, about km 5
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Nakhon Nayok town
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About 07:00–17:00 daily (sources differ)
around 5 km fromNakhon Nayok town
Wat Phrammani
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FAQ
Before you goWat Phrammani
Answers travellers want before they go — a one-minute read
Why is it called Wat Luang Pho Pak Daeng?
Its bronze main image, Luang Pho Pak Daeng, has bright red-painted lips
What should I offer?
Usually bananas, betel sets, garlands and red soda, plus incense, candles and flowers
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
How old is the temple?
Most sources say it was built under King Rama V around 1896, with consecrated boundary land granted in 1903
Is there an entry fee?
No
Is it a royal temple?
Yes, a third-class royal temple since 2011–2012

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