I had done a lot of research before going to this temple to get a blessed sak yant tattoo by one of the monks, expecially by Luang Pi Nunn. I had previously gotten a sak yant tattoo by an ajarn in Chiang Mai. My friends and I hired a taxi driver from our hotel for 1000 bahts roundtrip from Bangkok. We left Bangkok at 7:00 am and arrived about an hour later. Upon arriving, our driver asked someone at the temple where to get the offering, which building to go, etc. There were a couple of different tables that sold offerings, one charged 75 bahts and another one charged 60 bahts. After that, we were led to sit on a stone bench where there were 4 women waiting before us. Interestingly enough, one of them spoke very good English and told us that we were at the right place. About 15 minutes later, we were led upstairs to a building. Right away, I felt something was wrong because I read from other posts that upstairs are for foreigners to pay large sums of money to get a sak yant tattoo. Sure enough, once we were led upstairs, we were given a menu with all the different sak yant tattoos that they offered. We were then told that the tattoo fee started at 4500 bahts and up depending on the pattern that we choose. Well, I knew right then and there that we were led up to the wrong room. After asking a couple of questions, we were told that there is another building where the monk does the tattoos. Right away, the English speaking lady who were there before us tried to convince us that where we were was a better option because there was no wait. But that's not the reason why we went to this temple. So, I went downstairs to the other building to investigate. Sure enough, Luang Pi Nunn, was in the middle of giving a tattoo to someone with about 5 people waiting. After what I saw, I immediately went back to the other building to retrieve my friends. As we left the upstairs room, the 2 ladies (one who spoke good English) followed us downstairs. I thought, ok, may be they are coming to the other building with us. Well, they left and was nowhere to be found. A few days later, I thought about the event and I realized the English speaking lady must be part of a scam at the temple to bring unsuspecting foreigners upstairs to pay for the very expensive tattoo.
Now that story is out of the way, let me tell you the steps. Once arrived at the temple, find the tables that sold the offerings. Then find the right building where the monk performs the sak yant tattoos. The room is located on the ground floor of a building. So, if you were led up a bunch of steps, run the other way unless you want to choose your sak yant and pay an arm and a leg for it. Once you find the right room, you need to make a 25 bahts donation on silver platter in the middle of the floor. You will also put the offering you bought on that platter. Then you will find a stack of pink envelopes (very worn because they are reused). You'll then put a donation into that pink envelope, find a place to sit on the floor and wait for your turn to get tattooed by the monk. The rest you can just watch and learn while you wait for your turn. It is important to remember that the monk determines which sak yant and its location on your body. There is no pictures allowed inside the building and please be respectful to the process. The tattoos that we received were done with a tattoo gun. Just because it wasn't done with a stick doesn't take away from the power as long as you show respect and be a good person.
Good luck to you all!
