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Foreigners flock to Suwannakhuha Temple, feed the monkeys, and enter the cave to pay respects.

Phang Nga, Travel south to see monkeys. Now a group of macaques on the mountain Suwannakhuha Temple, Phang Nga Province, is becoming popular with foreign tourists. He likes to feed the macaques on the mountain. The atmosphere of tourism at Wat Suwankhuha or Cave Temple, located at Village No. 2, Krasom Subdistrict, Takua Thung District, Phang Nga Province, is very bustling with tourists, especially foreigners. Everyone likes buying food to feed the macaques. There are more than 1,000 animals that live on the mountain. Villagers bring bananas, corn, and beans in bags to sell to tourists to feed to the monkeys. Before going to tour and see the beauty inside the cave. Suwannakhuha Temple is an ancient temple over 300 years old which has many large and small caves. But most tourists like to worship in the big cave, which is larger than other caves. at the bottom There are many stucco Buddha images enshrined. The most important element is The reclining Buddha is 7 wa 2 cubits long, perfectly beautiful. There is a shrine for Than Chao Tham. who was the first abbot And there is a pagoda containing the ashes of the Na Takua Thung family, the former ruler of Takua Thung. There is a stone inscription of the history of the temple. When walking deeper from the main cave up to the top is Tham Chaeng. The walls of the cave have the initials of the King who came to visit the people of Phang Nga. and more royal families than in any other spot in the south. When you walk into the innermost part of the cave, even though the cave is dark, you will see the beauty of various forms of stalagmites and stalactites. Source: Thai News Agency