This strange and amazing sculpture park is the biggest year round attraction in Nong Khai. It was built by, and born out of the vision of the Shaman Luang Pu Boun Leua Surirat and his followers. When walking around the park, if you didn't know better, you could believe that it was an ancient site, though in fact construction only began in 1978.

Luang Pu Boun Leua Surirat, who passed away in 1996, had originally started his creation in 1958 in "Xieng Khuan" or the Buddha Park on the Laos side of the Mekong, although he was born in Nong Khai Province in 1932. He fled back to Thailand after the Laos revolution in 1975.

Both site that he created reflect the belief of Luang Pu Boun Leua Surirat that one could draw on the teachings of all religions and as such the sculpture park is filled with images of the Buddha as well as Hindu gods and Christian religious icons amongst others. It is the scale of the sculptures that is truly awesome, numbering over one hundred and with some towering over twenty five meters high!

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