More than 20 years after revered Thai monk Luang Phu Woraphon Thawitan passed away, his body remains displayed in a glass case at his temple in Khon Kaen province, northeast Thailand. Not only has the deceased monk’s body not decomposed – defying science – but his skin has turned emerald green, reports Sanook.
Yesterday, Phra Khru Sri Pattarasan, the current abbot of Chumphon Temple in Waeng Noi district, told reporters about the former abbot’s miraculous powers which have lived on after death.
On January 18, 2001, Luang Phu told Phra Khru that he would no longer be at the temple by the end of the rainy season. Phra Khru asked him where he was going, and the elderly monk said it was time for him to die. On May 20, the monk passed away at 101 years old.
The abbot said that the monks tried to burn Luang Phu’s body, but it “wouldn’t burn.” So, they placed his body in…
