The making of Pra Somdej Wat Rakang

There are a lot of Buddha amulets in Thailand but there is not even one as famous and sought after as Pra Somdej Wat Rakang made by Somdej Pra Puttajarn Toh Prommarungsee.

Pra Somdej Wat Rakang was made from five kinds of sacred powders namely pattamung, ithije maharaj, puttakun and treenisinghe. The process started with incanation of holy - scripture, writing sutra and holy symbols (yantra) with chalk on a slate board, erased and rewrote several hundred times over and over again. The dust gathered thus signifies the sacred powder of the ritual. This first collected powder is called pattamung. Pattamung powder in then mixed with water to mold into a pencil shape, sun-dried and then used in writing another chapter of sutras. the process of writing and erasing is repeated as many times as stipulated in the holy sutras. The dust gathered from the second rite is ithije. the same process is performed until all five ingredients have been collected. The ingredients of five kinds are then mixed together and added to the bulk substance which consisted of ground shells as main part, others included dried cooked rice powder, crushed banana, different kinds of pollen grains, different kinds of sacred powders, holy water and tung oil which is acted as a cement substance.

All kinds of ingredients mentioned above are thoroughly mixed as a bulk. Then a small part of ingredients is pressed into each mold made of slate (blue-grey stone). The five molds named as follows:
1. pim pra pratarn or pim yai
2. pim jedee
3. pim gate buatoom
4. pim tarnsaam
5. pim prokpoh

Pra Somdej Wat Rakang of different molds were man-made in many occasions from 1867 til 1871 with the total of 84,000 from 5 molds, equaling the number of the Dhammakkhansha (holy scriptures).
after each batch was made, incantation was recited alone over them to be sacred as much as possible. Then they were given to person who believed and respected on those Pra Somdej amulet. Most of Pra Somdej Wat Rakang were not kept in the pagoda except a small number was found mixed with another Pra Somdej Bangkoonprom in the pagoda of Wat Bangkoonprom, Bangkok province.

Somdej Wat Rakang Okrut Klang

This is a rare Thailand amulet of Phra Somdej Wat Rakang Okrut Klang B.E. 2400.

It is made by Somdej Phra Archan Toh.

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