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#Thailand#Maha Sarakham#Chiang Yuen#Attraction Wat Pa Nong Chad or the nickname "Wihan Kot Muen Somdet" is located at Village No. 2, Ban Hua Nong, Don Ngoen sub district, Chiang Yuen district, Maha Sarakham province. The beginning from group of monks, who came to stay in this cemetery, as more and more villagers come to offer food to monks and come to practice Dharma at this place. Therefore, it is necessary to build various utilities to become a temple. “Phra Khru Methi Thamnan Methanan Sumetho” or the villagers call Phra Ajarn Berm, an abbot of this temple; he is the respecter of the villagers. People donated assets to build an ordinary hall and a pavilion until the temple grew bigger respectively until the year 2008, the temple decided to build a viharn, as the origin of the word The Muen Somdej cloister or Viharn Kot Muen Somdej. This is a red vihara, where was built with cement mixed with wood. The art used in the mix construction are Thai, Lao and Burmese arts blended together perfectly. Outside the vihara, there are boundary marker of a temple in all four directions, the outs side, is a red cloister with the red wall, outside and inside, the wall were decorated by the statues of Phra Somdej that are cast one by one with mixed materials and then put them together one by one, approximately twenty thousand which is the reference of the name of this temple. All of the four directions have the door in every side, which was made from a big piece of hardwood. The door are facing to the field, it such a beautiful frame. In the middle, there is a location of beautiful wood ordinary hall, the walls are made of clear glass with large patterns, inside enshrines the main Buddha image that let the villagers and tourists pay respect to the auspiciousness of life. The red temple that is hiding in the middle of forest, if anyone doesn’t visit, you will not see.