Thewasuwan Phrommasutithep Thada Medal and Chakkraphat Trathirat Takrut — 60th Birthday of Luang Pho Itthi, Wat Chulamanee, B.E. 2560 (2017)

The Thewasuwan Phrommasutithep Thada Medal and the Chakkraphat Trathirat Takrut form an amulet set 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). The principal figure of the medal is Thewasuwan Phrommasutithep Thada, one of the aspects of Tao Wessuwan in the tradition of Wat Chulamanee.

Form and Design of the Set

This set comprises three forms of amulet: the stamped medal, the ancient cast medal, and the Chakkraphat Trathirat takrut. The front of the medal bears Thewasuwan Phrommasutithep Thada seated upon a throne, with several arms holding auspicious emblems; the back bears a yantra and numeral-yantra syllables. The Chakkraphat Trathirat takrut is a metal scroll inscribed and stamped with yantra syllables all around, made in both the 3-inch and 1.5-inch sizes.

Grand Buddhābhiṣeka of a Full 5 Years

This amulet set underwent mental resolve and a grand Buddhābhiṣeka rite lasting a full 5 years, from B.E. 2558 to 2562, the final grand Buddhābhiṣeka being held on Thursday 25 July of the Buddhist year B.E. 2562, at the ceremonial ground of Wat Chulamanee. The temple then opened reservations directly to the faithful, with the amulets received on 30 July B.E. 2562.

Materials, Numbers Made, and Reverence Prices

The list of amulets, the numbers made, and the initial reverence prices announced by the temple are as follows:

Stamped Thewasuwan Phrommasutithep Thada medal

1. Pure silver — 1,000 medals · reverence price 2,000 baht

2. Nawaloha (nine-metal alloy), gold-rich — 1,000 medals · reverence price 1,000 baht

3. Natural copper — 5,000 medals · reverence price 300 baht

4. Blackened copper — 5,000 medals · reverence price 300 baht

Ancient cast Thewasuwan Phrommasutithep Thada medal

1. Blackened nawaloha — 500 medals · reverence price 1,200 baht

2. Fire-skin nawaloha — 593 medals · reverence price 1,200 baht

3. Lead — 500 medals · reverence price 1,000 baht

4. Maha-chanuan sacred alloy (2 code-marks) — 2,000 medals · reverence price 700 baht

5. Blackened maha-chanuan — 1,000 medals · reverence price 500 baht

6. Natural-skin copper — 9,000 medals · reverence price 300 baht

Chakkraphat Trathirat takrut

1. Gold, 3 inches long (hand-inscribed), approx. 14 grams — 59 scrolls · reverence price 32,000 baht

2. Pure silver, 3 inches long (hand-inscribed) — 199 scrolls · reverence price 2,500 baht

3. Lead, 3 inches long (stamped) — 3,000 scrolls · reverence price 200 baht

4. Gold, 1.5 inches long (stamped), approx. 3 grams — 199 scrolls · reverence price 10,000 baht

5. Pure silver, 1.5 inches long (stamped) — 999 scrolls · reverence price 1,000 baht

6. Lead, 1.5 inches long (stamped) — 5,000 scrolls · reverence price 100 baht

Gallery of the Amulets and Production Documents

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.