Founder's Daughter Defends Temple Land Donation

On August 16, 2025, at 3:30 p.m., Suphaphorn Bunpromma, 53, organized the distribution of pad Thai meals at Wat Pa Adulyaram on Kalpapruek Road in Khon Kaen municipality. The meals were given to police, officials, media, and community volunteers who had gathered to clean the temple grounds and offer moral support to Abbot Phrakru Adulsen Nithes amid ongoing security precautions.

Suphaphorn, known as Pee Aiw, is the daughter of Intharee, the temple's first lay custodian and named founder. She explained that her family moved to the area and purchased land from the village headman Heang Phimsri at the time. After the land purchase, the temple was formally established. Heang then became a resident of the temple, while Intharee regularly performed merit-making there. The abbot at the time, Luang Pho Phai, invited Intharee to help manage temple affairs because Intharee had previously served as a sub-district administrator at another temple in Sakon Nakhon province. Intharee began handling temple finances and administrative matters.

Suphaphorn said that when Heang's descendants later demanded the return of the temple land, she felt this was inappropriate. She stressed that since her father had donated the land for the temple's benefit, the family should accept this donation with respect and continue his charitable legacy. She recalled that her father, who was strict about Buddhist principles, had previously discussed land return demands with Heang's family and questioned whether it was right to reclaim land given for a religious purpose. She emphasized that her father, as the temple's first lay custodian, understood the proper handling of temple finances and records, and had urged the abbot to keep documentation secure in case problems arose—a concern that she says has now come to pass.