Wat Suwan Khiri Khet, Karon, Phuket Thailand

Wat Suwan Khiri Khet (Wat Karon), the only temple in Karon Beach, was founded in 1895 and has been recently renovated. Karon Temple is about half a kilometer from the beach along Patak Road. It's quite an attractive temple and while I was there several monks were working around the grounds keeping their temple neat and tidy. The main building is guarded by 2 huge snakes (Nagas) whose bodies continue round the entire building. The doors and windows are engraved with scenes from the life of the Buddha. As I walked around, a couple of temple dogs came to visit.

The smaller building houses two Ramayana images 'guarding' a beautiful black sapphire Buddha image. A similar Buddha image can be seen at Latthiwanaram Temple (Wat Tai) in Chalong.