Tham Bucha [BK0021]

Location

This famous forest wat is located on the south-western escarpment of the Phu Wua Wildlife Sanctuary. It is accessed by a 5.25 km road which turns east off the H2013 in Ban Don Siat. Martin Ellis - 14/06/2019

Documents

Bibliography 14/06/2019

TIYAVANICH, KAMALA (1997) "Forest Recollections. Wandering Monks in Twentieth-Century Thailand" University of Hawai'i Press, Honolulu ISBN 0-8248-1781-8 410pp TIYAVANICH, KAMALA (2003) "The Buddha In The Jungle" Silkworm Books, Chiang Mai ISBN 974-9575-27-x 380pp

History

This was a favorite cave of the meditation monk Ajan Chuan. He moved here in 1964 with other monks intending to spend the next four rains retreats there. There were rumors the cave had many Buddha, some of them gold, but these had disappeared by 1964. Martin Ellis - 14/06/2019

Caves nearby

Distance (km)	Name	Length (m)
3.3	Tham Saen Chang Lai [BK0025]	25
4.5	Tham Phra [BK0019]
5.2	Cave BK0006 [BK0006]
6.2	Tham Chum Chang [BK0028]
6.4	Tham Sung - BK0002
6.6	Tham Khong Phu Wua [BK0022]
7.1	Tham Sok Chang [BK0037]
7.9	Tham Wihan Kot [BK0035]	25
7.9	Tham Wihan Yao [BK0036]	10