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Travel to Paet Riu, visit Wat Luang Pho Sothon, pay respect to the sacred Buddha image of Chachoengsao, but there are really a lot of boiled eggs. There are many from the beginning of Thep Khunakon Road. Selling like hotcakes, making you wonder why they only sell boiled eggs (no fried eggs, omelets, or steamed eggs?). Especially on the side entering Luang Pho Temple, there are small and large shops selling almost all the way. It has become a profitable business. When you arrive at the temple, you immediately realize that they sell boiled eggs for people to buy and make vows to Luang Pho.
Sookjai Holiday observed at Wat Luang Pho Sothon twice in close succession. Seeing the number of boiled eggs that Thai people bring to fulfill their vows, I was really amazed at how much they vowed. Roughly calculated, on Saturdays and Sundays, there should be more than one hundred thousand eggs carried into the temple because some people fulfill their vows with thousands of eggs at a time. Therefore, each month, there should be up to one million eggs offered to Luang Pho for fulfilling vows.
The black plastic basket that this man is carrying contains nothing but boiled eggs. Very amazing.
Yes, besides some people fulfilling their vows by buying all the eggs from the farm, most people carry them in small baskets, a few dozen eggs. Some people don't come to fulfill vows, but they like to offer boiled eggs to Luang Pho Sothon as well. These boiled eggs, people who don't want to carry them back home place them on the shelves provided in the Vihara. The temple collects them and distributes them to the underprivileged or disabled. The offerers get both merit and charity, which is called getting merit twice over.
Read Sookjai Holiday's story about boiled eggs at Wat Luang Pho Sothon and feel inspired to offer boiled eggs to Luang Pho Sothon. It's not difficult. You don't have to boil them and carry them yourself. As mentioned above, the area around the temple has become a boiled egg selling business. They sell them in small baskets like this, or in sets with vegetable oil and soy sauce. You can offer them to Luang Pho and if you're hungry, you can peel the eggs and eat them with delicious sauce immediately.
According to history, Phra Phuttha Sothon, whom people faithfully worship and make vows to, is one of the three sibling Buddha images (the eldest is Luang Pho Wat Ban Laem, the youngest is Luang Pho Wat Bang Phli). Luang Pho Sothon is the middle one. He floated upstream from Laem Hua Wan until he reached the front of Wat Luang Pho Sothon. Even though 500 villagers gathered to help pull Phra Phuttha Sothon ashore, they couldn't. Until a good teacher with knowledge brought a sacred thread to loop around him, he easily came ashore.
Image from Youtube, Walking Tour
It is generally believed that Phra Phuttha Sothon is a Buddha image in the meditation posture, cast in bronze, with a Lanna-style face. After the fall of Ayutthaya, the monks in the temple assigned the Lanna people to plaster it, so it has the appearance that appears today. Some sources state that the real Phra Phuttha Sothon is a sandstone Buddha image made of 6 pieces put together. The temple keeps it well. The Buddha image that people worship and ask for blessings from today is a replica of Phra Phuttha Sothon.
"...I want to build this church as a miracle of my reign that will last for a hundred years, a thousand years, like no other. This church is very large. If it is completed, it will be very good and a highlight..."
Royal speech of King Rama IX during his visit to Wat Sothon Wararam Worawihan in 1985. Currently, Wat Luang Pho Sothon has 2 Viharas with many replica statues of Phra Phuttha Sothon for people to worship and ask for blessings. This is because during the weekend holidays, people from many provinces travel to make merit.
Judging from the eye, there should be almost 100 boiled egg shops, both in the Luang Pho Temple market and on Thep Khunakon Road. Like any shop, choose to buy that shop. They park their cars to buy hundreds of eggs at a time. As for the price of boiled eggs for fulfilling vows, try asking yourself. Sookjai Holiday believes that chicken farm farmers in Chachoengsao will make a good living, selling like hotcakes, and becoming chicken farm millionaires.
In the area of Thep Khunakon Road, there are many delicious restaurants, from Ruean Pae Restaurant to shophouse noodle shops. You can find delicious restaurants for this weekend from our Sookjai Holiday website.
