Wang Saphung Launches Nine‑Site Temple Tour for Positive Energy
Loei’s Wang Saphung district is promoting a nine‑site temple pilgrimage to welcome the year’s first cool weather, offering visitors merit‑making, positive energy, and spectacular scenery. The route includes the City Pillar Shrine, several historic monasteries with unique architecture, and natural sites such as the Buddha‑footprint cave. Officials hope the tour will boost tourism and bring prosperity throughout the year.
Wang Saphung district, the second most populous area in Loei Province after Mueang Loei, serves as an important economic and transportation hub with extensive farmland and many natural and historical attractions. The tour begins at the City Pillar Shrine, which also contains archaeological links to the Dvaravati sandstone sema stones. Visitors then proceed to the serene Wat Pa Welu Wanaram in Ban Phan Noi, an octagonal white‑gold chedi honoring four senior monks of the Luang Pu Mutt lineage. Next is Wat Pa Samanusorn in Ban Khok Mon, featuring a 25‑by‑25‑metre, 33‑metre‑high stupa built to Fine Arts Department standards. The itinerary continues to Wat Tham Pha B ing, where a footprint‑like mark on the cave ceiling is said to be the Buddha’s foot, and to Wat Pa Ph Charoen, home to a 9‑by‑38‑metre reclining Buddha completed in 2009. Finally, the route reaches Wat Wang Saphung Phatthanaram, a town temple granted royal consecration in 1978 and noted for its shady, clean grounds and ancient tamarind trees.
