Bang Neow Shrine in Phuket
Phuket Town Attractions - Chinese Shrines
The Bang Neow Shrine (also spelled Bang Niew), known also as Tao Buang Keng and Thep Rasi Foundation Shrine, is another beautiful place of worship in Phuket Town. Founded in 1904, it was originally part of another shrine at Soi Romanee in the Old Town. It has moved a few times – strangely enough always because of fire.
If looking in from the road, you’ll notice that the shrine is unusually long and has many doors. This is because it houses many shrines (almost 10 of them) that lie immediately next to each other. The most important shrine is the one in the middle, where the main deity is.
Highlights and Features
The shrine has an elegant interior design with many lovely colour printings on the walls recounting stories from Chinese literature. The dragon, an important Chinese legendary creature, is represented well here as you will see them everywhere not only in the paintings but beautifully carved and lifelike on the shrine’s supporting columns. The smaller unit on the left side of the main building is used as an administration office but is conveniently turned into a vegetarian kitchen and canteen during the Vegetarian Festival.
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Bang Neow Shrine
Opening Hours: Daily from 08:30 – 22:00
Location: On Phuket Road at the Bang Neow intersection and not far from Robinson Department Store and MacDonalds. If heading to Saphan Hin Park, the shrine is on the left-hand side of the road.
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