Donate for The Buddha construction activities along the border for the people who live on the mountains,The activity of religious. And the activities of the National to facilitate and compatibility. ESTIMATED COST $500 million Thai Baht.
 
The details
The temple under construction on North of Thailand.There is to be called the Wat Tum Pa Archa Tong , or Wat prakeema for short. Those behind the project say the 109,000-square-foot complex will be the largest Thai Buddhist meditation center outside of Thailand. The structure is dedicated to Thailand’s reigning King Rama IX, Bhumibol Adulyadej, who was born in a Boston-area hospital in 1927 while his father studied at Harvard University. The Thai government agreed to finance the project. The functional center of the building will be three stories high. Visitors will enter the first floor to find a museum for the king, similar to a presidential library, with a café as well. There will be a meditation room on the second floor. The third floor will be a temple with a giant bronze Buddha weighing 15 tons, standing 20 to 25 feet high, that will be shipped from Thailand in pieces. The temple will be topped with a ornate golden Chedi or spire, bringing the building’s total height to 185 feet. The project features aspects of New England architecture, such as gables, blended into the traditional Thai temple architecture. The general contractor working on the project is the Milford-based Consigli Construction, and the subcontractor that handled the ironwork for the job was Ajax Construction. The architect is Been Z. Wang of Architectural Resources Cambridge, while the project director is Paul Chapple of Paul Chapple Real Estate Development.
 
The progress
The frame of the Thai Buddhist wat, or temple, has been visible from the road for the last year, but it has taken form in recent months as work on the exterior progresses. Construction workers continue to work throughout the winter. Members of the temple said RAIN caused a delay in the work, setting back the estimated completion date by about a month. The Thai Buddhist community first took action on the idea of building a Thai Buddhist temple in North of Thailand in 2006, when a Thai Buddhist abbot bought the 50-acre Raynham property, and a group of monks moved to the neighborhood. A groundbreaking was held in September 2011. Members of the Thai community look forward to the project’s completion, so that hundreds of Thai Buddhists from all over New England can visit for special ceremonies and gatherings that take place each year. after the exterior is completed, the interior will be finished and the building’s spire will be added. As part of the interior work, “delicate” artwork to be displayed inside will be imported from Thailand and installed by Thai workers, members of the temple said.
Quotes
“We have seen the building construction progress, who is the head monk at the Wat Tum Pa Archa Tong . “To have a temple here, we will invite many many people to join for unity. ... The Buddha is not property of the Buddha, he is property of mankind. Buddhism is the religion of peace and friendship.”
“The completion of the building is coming so fast,” said Lamiad Wechapak, NMR Center director and monastery affairs manager. “Once it’s done we have to move in. There will be a big, big, big ceremony. This is really rapid. We almost want it to happen next year. It’s only a few months ahead. But we’ll have meetings and talk and get ready for it.”