Chao Pu-Ya Shrine

A lovely Chinese style temple of ancestor worship. The Chao Pu-Ya Shrine is dedicated to worship of Grandfather and Grandmother in thanks of the earliest Chinese immigrants to Udon Thani who played an important part in its development of the city when it was still a small town. The building and decoration are colourful as you'd expect for a Chinese temple. Behind the main temple building is a giant white dragon, which is an attraction in it's own right.

It is a beautiful temple with a big white dragon here. Nice to visit. They have more lighting at night inside the temple. If we have more time, we would like to pay a visit inside and walking around :)

Interesting, colourful place to visit, you can purchase a bowl of goodies (200 bht) to offer to the Buddha with a prayer. When we visited it was coming upto the Chinese New Year and you were able to purchase a tee shirt depicting that for 120 bht

Very beautiful Chinese shrine area with a lot of things to look at. Trees are decorated with red Chinese lamps that just looks stunning after sunset. Definitely an area worth going to visit when in Udon Thani. Right next to the big park

Having read other reviews, I want to return here at night, but it was very nice if somewhat hot during the day. It's a small but beautiful shrine, and I loved the mosaic floor with its colourful stone inlays and design. The shrine is next to the lake, which has several pavilions above the water. These pavilions make for a nice shaded place to sit with a cooling breeze blowing in off the lake.

This shrine wasn't here last time I come , makes a real difference to this area

Always seems to be something going on here, day or night. Groups practicing music and acrobatics, striking temples and scenery, all by the side of calm lake. A chance to relax after long train journey or before exploring city. Especially attractive at sundown. I'm amazed that more people don't find their way here, very enjoyable visits for me over 5 days. A chance to see the people of the city enjoying the lake and surrounding area.

A beautiful shrine. We were there when the shrine members were doing there ritual for paying respect to pu (grandfather) and ya (grandmother). So we were lucky and we just tagged along. There were six spots to pay respect. The prayers were all in Chinese. There was also a nice เก๋งจีน in the pond. I loved it because it was nice and breezy to sit in there. Very relaxing.