Ganesha Himal Museum — Attraction in Chiang Mai Province

Dreadful fake museum inexplicably in the middle of nowhere for no reason. Whatever you do do not waste your time and money travelling to see nothing. Plastic icons for a plastic religion. Hardly anyone visits this Remote Disney World. Therefore there is no income to pay staff, therefore there are no staff. Tape recordings in the Thai language only. It’s as if the Thai government realise this fake museum does not warrant any roads leading to it, therefore prepare yourself for a difficult journey to even find it. The only monk in sight was an overweight android sat on a bench, that I’m sure I have seen previously in the latest Blade Runner movie. There was no information written in any other language than in Thai. Two plastic Roman centurions are visible which presumably they stole from a nearby Roman Museum, I see no relevance to the Roman Empire and the elephant man. Nothing about this place is original or genuine, apart from one man sweeping away leaves. There were what appeared to be two genuine artefacts in the car park a dtac 4G bench and a very small sand pyramid. An utter and total...

I can see that this is a place that has taken shape with great effort & commitment derived out of passion for Ganesha. Lots of space, small sanctums with ashtavinayaks, and representations of a lot of Hindu Gods which takes one a very peaceful & silent environment during the work days. Kudos to that. But as a practising Sanatan dharma person, I would have liked to see much lesser 'colors' added to a large number of statues, like in ancient Indian temples. Also, not to allow people to pose & take pictures as though it is a cafe. Feels like the sanctity of the place is diluted when such frivolous...

I use Google maps so finding it was easy enough. I was overall a little underwhelmed. The best section was off limits to photos. For which I imagine iss to prevent forgeries from being created in a nearby country. The overall sense of enlightenment was absent however. I have travelled to many temples and Monuments in SE Asia and this was one of the least Impressive. I can see it is a big facility used by the community for many functions and for that I applaud them. As a tourist destination or a temple of divine grace I cannot recommend. Won't add any more pictures. What is shown here is...