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Elephant Gate  -    
ประตูช้าง  
 Address:   South-East on the 4170 Highway
Between Ban Saket and Thong Krut
Taling Ngam, Koh Samui
   
 Known as:        
 Description:   The Elephant Gate was built back in 1979 by a head monk of a local temple. The head monk Pra-kru Pairoj Kiriwong wanted to beautify the entrance to the village so he decided to build a beautiful gate at its entrance. His aim was to encourage all passers-by to visit this quaint village and its beautiful temple.

Each of the gate’s two elephant statues are life-sized representations of an elephant and are well crafted to represent the importance of elephants in local culture. Although this village doesn’t have any popular tourist attractions, you won’t be disappointed when visiting this beautiful and secluded village.

After the recent restoration project, the statues are again in a grand state; however, the original gemstone eyes have been removed from the structures. After the next royal ceremony, gemstone eyes will be again placed back on the elephants. In the the meantime, you will notice painted eyes in the place of the original gemstones.

Visitors to Koh Samui often miss this famous structure, so be sure to take some time out and plan a trip to Taling Ngam to see this beautiful gate.
 
 Province   Surat Thani  Direction:      
 District   Ko Samui    
 City   Taling Ngam  Comments:    Official Web:    
 Genre   Monument      Related links:    
 Best exposure   Morning          
 Rating            
 Opening time   na          
 Entry fee   Free     GPS :   9.4569 N 99.9433 E  
                     
                     
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