Luang Pho Daeng

Luang Pho Daeng was a Thai Buddhist monk who died while meditating in 1973.

Biography Daeng was born in 1894 in Ko Samui, an island off the east coast of Thailand. His birth name was Phra Khru Samathakittikhun. He was briefly interested in becoming a monk in his 20s, but decided that he would rather be married instead. He raised six children with his only wife.

However, his first religious experience had profoundly and permanently transformed his character, even after he became a successful businessman. Thus, for several decades, he behaved as a philanthropist, showing great generosity to those in need, offering them money, clothing, and medicine during the World War II. Some skeptics speculate that the body displayed in the glass case is made of wax, but a report filmed by National Geographic has confirmed that it is indeed a real mummy.