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Pha yant (sacred cloth) drawn for you
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A yant is a sacred design. It is tattooed on skin, and it also appears on cloth, on metal amulets and above doorways.
Today's price ฿5,000
What you get
- Pha yant (sacred cloth) drawn for you฿5,000A yant (sacred design) cloth, about 55 by 45 cm, drawn by an ajarn (master) with your name and birth date. Any khan khru (gift to the teacher) is charged at the price we pay.
How it goes
- You send your name and birth date.You · After payment
- An ajarn (a master) draws the yant cloth, about 55 by 45 cm, with your name and birth date.The ajarn · Then
- The ajarn's khan khru (an offering for the ajarn), if there is one, is charged at cost.Hongdam · Last
- You send your name and birth date.You · After payment
- An ajarn (a master) draws the yant cloth, about 55 by 45 cm, with your name and birth date.The ajarn · Then
- The ajarn's khan khru (an offering for the ajarn), if there is one, is charged at cost.Hongdam · Last
Useful facts
- A yant is a design of geometric shapes, animals and sacred script. The word comes from the Sanskrit yantra, a sacred diagram. The same designs appear on cloth, on rolled metal amulets and over doorways. visitthailandtoday.com
- The guide calls an ajarn a lay master, often a former monk. Ajarns work from a shrine. visitthailandtoday.com
- In central Thailand a yantra is written in Khom script, which comes from Khmer script. Northern Thai yantras may use Shan, northern Thai or Tai Lu scripts. en.wikipedia.org
What others charge
| Offering set for the ajarn at Wat Bang Phra: flowers, incense, cigarettes | ฿100–150 visitthailandtoday.com |
|---|---|
| Yant tattoo by a lay master, price agreed beforehand | Thousands of baht, up to ฿20,000 visitthailandtoday.com |
| Yant tattoo in Chiang Mai town | ฿2,000–3,500 an hour visitthailandtoday.com |
| Hongdam · Pha yant (sacred cloth) drawn for you | ฿5,000 |
What people ask
What is a yant cloth?
A yant is a sacred design, and a yant cloth carries it on cloth instead of skin. The guide says the same designs appear on cloth, on rolled metal amulets and over doorways, and that the tattoo is the most personal form. visitthailandtoday.com
What do people give the ajarn?
At Wat Bang Phra people buy an offering set of flowers, incense and cigarettes, at around ฿100–150 in recent reports. At an ajarn's shrine the offering is usually built into the price. visitthailandtoday.com
Can a woman hand something to a monk?
The Tourism Authority of Thailand writes that women are not allowed to touch a monk or his robes. A woman can give the item to a man to pass on, or put it down for the monk to pick up. tatnews.org
What do ajarns charge for a sak yant tattoo?
The guide lists ฿2,000–3,500 an hour in Chiang Mai town, and from ฿5,400 for a small or medium design and ฿9,500 for a large one at a Bangkok ajarn. Lay masters in general ask thousands of baht, agreed beforehand, and elaborate pieces go up to ฿20,000. visitthailandtoday.com
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Small print
Prices here move with demand: when most of a month's places are taken, the price goes up a step; when few are, it comes down a step.
Sources read 2026-11-04.