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wildgarlic

Buddhist Temple made out of 1million beer bottles

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Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaew, also known as Wat Lan Kuad or 'the Temple of a Million Bottles', is in Sisaket province near the Cambodian border, 400 miles from the capital Bangkok.

The Buddhist monks began collecting bottles in 1984 and they collected so many that they decided to use them as a building material.

They encouraged the local authorities to send them more and they have now created a complex of around 20 buildings using the beer bottles, comprising the main temple over a lake, crematorium, prayer rooms, a hall, water tower, tourist bathrooms and several small bungalows raised off the ground which serve as monks quarters.

The bottles do not lose their colour, provide good lighting and are easy to clean, the men say.


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wildgarlic

There are some fab photos of this wonderful building HERE - please, leave him some comments if you are a flickr user.
PurpleDragon

That is totally astonishing.

The thing that leaps to mine, though, is the heat generated by the sun shining thru the glass and why does nothing catch fire for the same reason?
Julie

That would be a 'glass house' then I suppose
jaydee67

Wow!
Bigman

that is pretty mad
kimmie

wow that is amazing! just goes to show what can be achieved when you drink enough

only joking hehehe
Sassinak

Makes my bottle wall look a bit feble in comparison.

Thanks for all the help with the additional empties for that by the way. One more party and we should have enough to finish it LOL
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