Buddha's Footprint on Phu Kwai Ngern

In the past, this temple was an abandoned temple, but there were often wandering monks who came to set up their tents to practice meditation. In the temple area, there is a footprint of the Lord Buddha under a large brick arch, big enough for two people to sit in. In the local dialect, this type of structure is called "Ubumung", which later became the name of the village to the east of the temple, Ban Ubumung. In this Ubumung village, there was a farmer who often brought his buffalo up to find grass to eat on the mountain near the temple. Whenever a wandering monk passed by, this farmer would bring food to offer to the wandering monk regularly. The merit of this offering made the farmer earn a lot of money from selling rice every year, until he became a millionaire. And because of the gratitude of the buffalo that helped plow the rice fields tirelessly, the farmer called this buffalo "Silver Buffalo". The temple was therefore named "Wat Phra Phutthabat Phu Kwai Ngern" according to this story. #Flying to Hong Kong #Phra Phutthabat Phu Kwai Ngern #Loei