Nikhom Kham Soi District · TH

Wat Banphotkiri (Wat Phyangdio)

Wat Pa Phu Yang Diao is a small Dhammayut forest monastery perched on a hilltop in Nikhom Kham Soi District, Mukdahan Province, northeastern Thailand. Known locally by the name rendered in English as "Wat Phyangdio," the temple sits amid a wind farm landscape where towering turbines turn slowly above rolling farmland, and the summit offers sweeping panoramic views across three provinces. Officially registered as a temple in January 2016, Wat Pa Phu Yang Diao received a significant honour in May 2023 when the Governor of Mukdahan presided over a ceremony to mark its royal ordination boundary — a royal decree (Wisungkhamsima) that formally consecrates the monastery's ubosot site. The temple currently maintains five resident monks under the leadership of Phra Achan Anok Thittayano.