Built and funded solely by a local artist, the building of Wat Rung Khun commenced in 1997 and is now one of the focal points of Northern Thailand. The artist, in his own words, wanted to build the best temple in the world and will not stop until he feels he has achieved this. He has funded the project through sales of his artwork, and refuses to accept any donations. Further, he claims that he doesn’t want anything in return- not even credit or compliments of his work. Pauline described him as an arrogant man! The buildings of the temple are in themselves incredible, and after seeing so many temples in the past week I didn’t think I’d be saying that. However, the pure whiteness of the buildings is in such contrast to everything else I
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