Wat Chulamanee
Ancient-Cast Medal of Luang Pho Nueang Kowitho, Wat Chulamanee, B.E. 2560 (2017)

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Ancient-Cast Medal of Luang Pho Nueang Kowitho, Wat Chulamanee, B.E. 2560 (2017)

B.E. 2560

An ancient-cast portrait medal of Luang Pho Nueang Kowitho (Phra Khru Kowitsamutkhun), created on the occasion of the 60th birthday of Luang Pho Itthi Bhaddacaro in B.E. 2560, to raise funds for restoring the monks’ quarters at Wat Chulamanee, cast from the sacred alloy and inscribed yantra plates of Luang Pho Nueang.

The ancient-cast medal of Luang Pho Nueang Kowitho (Phra Khru Kowitsamutkhun) was created by Wat Chulamanee, Bang Chang Subdistrict, Amphawa District, Samut Songkhram Province, on the occasion of the 60th birthday of Phra Khru Sophitwiriyaphon (Luang Pho Itthi Bhaddacaro), abbot of Wat Chulamanee, in the Buddhist year B.E. 2560 (2017 CE), for the purpose of raising funds to restore the monks’ quarters.

This edition was cast from the sacred alloy, old amulets, old takrut, and all the inscribed yantra plates of Luang Pho Nueang, by the ancient casting method.

Appearance of the Medal

The medal is oval-shaped, made by the ancient casting method (lo boran). The front bears a portrait of Luang Pho Nueang seated in meditation in full figure, with the words “(Nueang) Phra Khru Kowitsamutkhun” at the base. The back bears numeral-yantra syllables and an unalome yantra, together with the words “Wat Chulamanee … Samut Songkhram 2560.”

Consecration Rite

Reservations were open from 16 March B.E. 2560 onward. The edition was consecrated in a rite of auspicious victory at the ceremonial ground of Wat Chulamanee, with the amulets to be collected on 5 August 2560 from 7:00 a.m.

Materials, Numbers Made, and Reverence Prices

The temple recorded the production as follows:

  1. Pure gold, weighing 46 grams — to the number reserved · reverence price 99,999 baht

  2. Pure silver — 500 medals · reverence price 3,000 baht

  3. Full-formula nawaloha, gold-rich (from the casting alloy of the Phra Kring of Somdet Phra Sangharaja Phae) — 1,000 medals · reverence price 1,500 baht

  4. Maha-chanuan, myriad-yantra (cast at the auspicious moment) — 4,000 medals · reverence price 500 baht

  5. Lead — 1,000 medals · reverence price 1,000 baht

  6. Copper, fire-patina — 4,000 medals · reverence price 300 baht

  7. Sprue-branch of 19 medals (cast at the auspicious moment) — 59 branches · reverence price 5,000 baht

Gallery of the Various Materials and Production Documents

For further information on obtaining this medal, please enquire directly with Wat Chulamanee, Bang Chang Subdistrict, Amphawa District, Samut Songkhram Province, tel. 087-758-8328 / 085-404-1436 / 081-845-0713 / 086-826-6655.

Note: This account is compiled from the production information published by Wat Chulamanee, to record the history of this edition, and is not intended for any commercial purpose whatsoever.