Luang Phor Sothon Buddha Wat Sothonwararam 2564 BE Savings Box

Dimensions: Approximately 10 cm in height and 12 cm in diameter

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To attract wealth (both direct and indirect), protect wealth, prevent money from leaking out, and accumulate merit, place this item in the cash register of your home or shop. If you have a shrine at home, you can place it in front of the incense burner to pray for divine blessings, ensuring that money only comes in and never goes out, thus accumulating merit. You can also use it to accumulate merit for Kuman Thong or other spiritually powerful objects by depositing incense money.

Strong luck in attracting both regular and windfall income, increased savings, reduced bad debts, and a consistently high bank account balance, leading to a substantial accumulation of wealth without you even realizing it.

⚔️A money box can help you attract and retain wealth.⚔️ There are several ways to use it.

1️⃣ Place it in the storefront, in the wealth corner, or next to the cash register to help the business prosper, attract customers, protect the store, and improve feng shui.

2️⃣ Place it on your family's altar, and each time your wish is granted, put some money in the donation box. Not only will you accumulate more and more wealth, but you can also regularly donate a portion or use it to buy supplies for charitable deeds, accumulating merit. This can not only help your business thrive, but also, with the help of the gods, give back to those in need in society.❣️

3️⃣ You can put spare change into a money box and deposit your daily wish amount. This will ensure you have savings every day and a surplus every year, with your money never running out. It symbolizes accumulating more and more savings, earning money and saving money at the same time 🤑 and bringing good fortune in both regular and windfall income 🤑

4️⃣ You can place some auspicious items for attracting wealth, such as talisman tablets or talisman cloths, inside the money box to enhance their power.❣️

It can be placed on the bedside table or near the cash register in a store ; both are very suitable 🧧❣️

【Introduction to Wat Sothon】Wat Sothonwararam (abbreviated as Wat Sothon; วัดโสธรวรารามวรวิหาร) is one of the oldest temples in Thailand and a spiritual home for the people of Chachoengsao Province.

This place enshrines the most important monk of Chachoengsao Province, Sothong, attracting many devout Buddhists to come and worship.

Sotong Buddha drifted in

During the second Burmese invasion of the Ayutthaya Kingdom, Buddhist temples were looted, especially gold Buddha statues, which were melted down for gold. To protect these statues from destruction, the Thai people coated three of them with mud and placed them on rafts to float down the Bang Pakong River. The Luang Phor Sothorn Buddha was discovered by local residents of Chachoengsao. They tried to pull the statue ashore by tying it with rope, but all their efforts failed. Then, a high-ranking monk chanted prayers and hung a talisman on the Buddha's hand. Miraculously, the statue was easily pulled ashore and enshrined at Wat Pho, built in the late Ayutthaya period. Hong (วัดหงษ์), later renamed Sothong Temple, became a very popular place of worship.

Phra Buddha Sothon (พระพุทธโสธร) is cast in bronze and measures 1.65 meters wide and 1.98 meters high. It is revered by the locals and, along with the Emerald Buddha (พระแก้วมรกต) and Phra Buddha Chinnarat (พระพุทธชินราช), is known as one of the "Three Most Efficacious Buddhas of Thailand".

Wat Sothong is now divided into a new temple and an old temple. The new temple is magnificent and incorporates a postmodern marble architectural style, which is very impressive under the sunlight. It was built in 1996, with the foundation stone laying ceremony personally presided over by the former King Rama IX. In 2006, Princess Sirindhorn presided over the inauguration ceremony and officially listed it as a royal temple of Thailand.

It is said to have cost 2.5 billion baht to build, blending traditional Thai temple style with a symmetrical structure. The highest point is 85 meters high, with five layers of flying eaves and golden eaves and corners. The total weight is 77 kilograms (more than 44 million baht). The high construction cost was accumulated from the donations of the old temple.

The main hall, with its high ceiling and marble walls, houses 18 Buddha statues, with the Sothong Buddha being the tallest one in the center. Worshippers must not be taller than the Buddha statue and must kneel before moving forward and backward, only rising after retreating to the back of the altar; these actions represent respect.