Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaew (Wat Lan Khuad)

One of the most amazing temples that I have ever seen. Built with thousands of bottles (including the Reclining Buddha). The temple complex is a relaxing place to walk around and wonder about the construction and the bottles used in it. They are still gathering bottles for a new building.

Beautiful temple fully decorated with glass bottles. Amazing thought process of designers can be visuallized throughout. Whole compound covered with sceneic greenary. Ample parking space available in temple grounds.

Take a trip to this temple and you will be impressed by the way it has been built from old bottles and concrete. Beer bottles and small energy drink bottles form the walls, the floors, the roof and even the paths. Didn't have anyone pushing to try and sell you something here so that was good.

The most unique wat I've seen in Thailand and a conversation piece for the whole region. This temple by itself attracts Many people to explore this beautiful part of sisaket that has limited tourism opportunities. Starting in the 80s, over a million empty beer bottles were meticulously repurposed into a visionary sustainable concept, and the architecture is quite impressive considering the material used. Everything here including the shrine, water tower, monk houses, public bathrooms, and entry way is fabricated from upcycled glass bottles. Very worth your while to visit, just be cautious about broken glass fixed in cement.

1 million bottles created this temple.

This Wat is one in the quirky category, as it’s made and decorated with more than a million bottles: mostly from beer and red bull bottles that were donated by the public. There are several buildings that are either decorated with the bottles or even incorporate the bottles as building material for the steps and walkways. It’s not the most spectacular temple in Thailand, but definitely one of a kind that’s worth a short detour if you drive through Sisaket province.

Come early morning or late afternoon for the best light angle hitting the bottles. We were at the temple around 5pm, given the east-west orientation we think that the light would be even better in the early morning.

This Buddhist temple is commonly known as Wat Lan Kuad(Wat=temple, Lan=Million, and Kuad=bottle). This temple is very unique and extraordinary that I have ever seen before. It was built by over millions of glass bottles. Mainly green beer bottles are used but other bottles of different sizes and colors are also used. The other structures around the temple including stupas, statues, prayer room etc are also built using bottles.
Inside the temple, the main point of worship is a white Buddha statue. The walls and poles inside the temple are also beautified by well-arranged bottles of different colors. I really appreciate this marvelous creation and it was worthwhile to pay a visit. I am looking forward to visiting again.
Time of travel: August 2018
Entry fee: free

What a different, inventive and beautiful temple. To me this is a perfect example of what 'beliefs in action' is all about. Leave the world (place and people) better than you have found it. This is one of my favorites in all of Thailand.

10/10 worth the hike to get here if you love obscure Thai temples. So many decorative things to take photos of

I got surprised... really surprised...
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Location: The Temple of a Million Bottles, Khun Han District, Si Sa Ket, Northeastern Thailand.
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I thought I had seen it all... but that was before I visited "The Temple of a Million Bottles" or Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaew as the real name is.
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I have seen a lot of Temples when traveling around Thailand. Almost every time I get to a new city one of the attractions that virtually all my hosts like to show me is a temple that has a special meaning either for them personally or more generally.
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So, I was not surprised, when I visited Si Sa Ket province in north-east Thailand, and my host told me they had the most special Temples of them all.
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And they do it is maybe not the most beautiful temple I have ever seen, but it is unique.
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The monks have constructed the temple using more than one million beer bottles, the bottles used are green Heineken and brown Chang bottles.
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A travel website named the temple in 2015 one of the worlds leading examples of sustainable architecture.

Very special interesting church. I've never seen anything like it. Worth checking out .

Original temple. Do not regret my 100 km detour

For the construction of this temple of bottles, the collection of Kali beer bottles started from 1984 and in two years it was built with 15 lakh Kali beer bottles. By 2009, around 20 structures were built in this compound, including prayer halls, graveyards, bathrooms for tourists, and fountains, all of which were completely made of bottles!

The name of this temple is 'wat pa maha chedi kare' which is known as 'Million Bottle Temple'.
Before the temple was built with bottles, there was an ancient Buddhist temple here, which was built with bricks.

Not only the locals but also the Thai government sent lakhs of beer bottles for the construction of this temple
The reason for the construction of this temple is that by the year 1984, there were heaps and heaps of broken glass bottles which were piled up everywhere and it was a problem for the locals and the government, so the construction of this temple was done with good intentions of the locals and the government.

It is quirky and very tranquil, rather than being brash and commercial which is what I was expecting. There is a wooded area with the monks accommodation ( made of bottles) and the overall vibe is what a Buddhist monastery should be.....chilled and friendly.

Reachjng 100 year olds,all building made over with the glass of botton

The temple is made of 1.5 million beer bottles .... It's amazing and cool.

Interesting Temple, different from the others in Thailand.

Interesting 80 year old temple made of over a million bottles..

Great temple - not bad at all, a bit out there though

Super Amazing!!!

I do a Bottle Resort from plastic Bottles and Beer Bottles at Koh Phayam Ranong south Thailand and went to this one Million BoTTLe Temple... IT was the best flash füll Amazing Temple in my Life!!!!

Very original with a great result.