Wat Photichareantham วัดโพธิเจริญธรรม

Wat Photichareantham (29 January 2009)


Wat Photichareantham (GPS: 5.44366, 100.39071) วัดโพธิเจริญธรรม is a Buddhist temple in Sungai Puyu, Butterworth. It is located at Taman Pandan Indah, just before the Butterworth Outer Ring Road.

The archway of Wat Photichareantham shows the Buddha sitting under the Bodhi tree. The name Wat Photichareantham is written in English, Thai and Chinese. Wat Photichareantham looks like a forest temple, a retreat for monks to go for meditation.

Within the grounds of Wat Photichareantham is a two-storey stupa with glass windows showing the Buddha images encased inside. There is also a statue of two white elephants in the ground. A few bodhi trees are planted in the compound, and at their base are installed statues and pictures of reverred monks, to which offerings are made.

Getting to Wat Photichareantham

From Butterworth, go along Jalan Sungai Puyu and turn left into Lorong Bunga Rampai 4. Then immediately turn right into a service road that parallels Jalan Sungai Puyu. The service road is Lorong Pandan Indah. Go all the way to the end, where you will see a Chinese temple, the Sungai Puyu Tua Pek Kong Temple. At the temple, turn left, and you will see the archway to Wat Photichareantham.

Wat Photichareantham is on the map of Sungai Puyu

Wat Photichareantham entrance arch (29 January 2009)


A shrine at Wat Photichareantham (29 January 2009)


Elephant statues, Wat Photichareantham (29 January 2009)


Tree shrine at Wat Photichareantham (29 January 2009)


Chinese shrine within the compound of Wat Photichareantham (29 January 2009)

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