Tham Phum - CR0012

อำเภอแม่สาย (TH)
20.349153,99.857068
Longueur 192m Profondeur 2m
Grottocenter / carte

Location

Between Tham Plah and Tham Luang, 3km west of the main road 10km south of Mae Sai. A twisting road with many junctions leads to the well-known temple close to the mouth of a steep-sided valley cutting through the mountains. The cave temple is at the top of a flight of 85 steps just behind the temple. Martin Ellis - 10/08/2019

Description

Martin Ellis - 10/08/2019

This is one of the most sacred caves in Thailand, said to have been visited not onlyy by Buddha Gotama himself, but also by three previous Buddhas and prophesied by the future Buddha Ariyametta as well. A naga staircase leads to a tiled platform at the cave entrance with a beautiful view out over the plain. A graceful vase-shaped passage houses a group of statues of the Buddha accompanied by nine disciples in orange robes. Further on a reclining Buddha and two seated Buddhas on brick pedestals have been placed in natural alcoves shaped like nagas. The main passage meanders on for another 120 m, ending at a shrine and group of decaying Buddha statues which are a potent reminder of the impermanence of wordly things.

Fauna

Martin Ellis - 10/08/2019

Althepus pum Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995 (Arthropoda, Arachnida, Araneae, Araneomorphae, Ochyroceratidae) û type locality (Deeleman-Reinhold 1995) Taphozous melanopogon Temminck, 1841 (Chordata, Mammalia, Chiroptera, Emballonuridae) (Yenbutra and Felton 1986) Aselliseus stoliczkanus Dobson, 1871 (Chordata, Mammalia, Chiroptera, Hipposideridae) (Yenbutra and Felton 1986) Hipposideros lylei Thomas, 1913 (Chordata, Mammalia, Chiroptera, Hipposideridae) (Yenbutra and Felton 1986)

Topographie

Martin Ellis - 10/08/2019

DEHARVENG, LOUIS ET AL. (1988) - Grade 3

Documents

[Topo] Tham Phum 28/04/2019
Bibliography 10/08/2019

Histoire

1986 F. Stone 2014-03-11 M. Ellis, R. Harper, V. Unsworth 2019-03-09 M. Ellis, Y. Sopha Martin Ellis - 10/08/2019

Cavités proche

Distance (km)NomLongueur (m)Profondeur (m)
0.4Tham Sua [CR0086]50
1.6Tham Luang Nang Non [Tham Luang]1031685
1.6Cave CR0011 - CR0011
2.0Cave CR0101
2.1Sink CR0103
2.1Cave CR0102
2.2Tham Ku Kaeo - CR001053010
2.4Tham Plah - CR0013
2.5Tham Plaew Plong Fah - CR0015547