Offbeat pop-culture temple
Wat Pariwat (David Beckham Temple)
Yan Nawa (Rama III Road, next to BRT Wat Pariwat), Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
A working Buddhist temple whose ordination hall is studded with pop-culture and historical figures (David Beckham as a gilded guardian below the main altar, plus the likes of Che Guevara, Pinocchio, Donald Duck, Spider-Man and Pikachu), a playful oddity almost no tour bus stops at.
Inner ordination hall of Wat Pariwat in Yan Nawa, Bangkok, the temple whose hall is studded with the gilded David Beckham guardian statue and other pop culture figures. Photo by Don Ramey Logan, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Price
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Checked 25 Jul 2026
Age suitability
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Checked 25 Jul 2026
Caveats
Re-fetched all three cited pages fresh this run, none 404ed or rendered a shell. touristbangkok.com confirmed verbatim "Opening Hours: 09.00-17.00" so hours stays single-report (no operator site or booking aggregator found for this temple, so it cannot be upgraded past single-report). No fetched page states an…
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