Jatukam Ramathep Nuea Pong Nam Dam Ruun Khot Setthi Lang Chedi Lam Thai amulet from the venerable Phra Khru Thep Vinyaporn, abbot of Wat Phra Mahathat Woramaha Viharn, briefly Wat Phra Mahathat or Wat Mahathat, Amphoe Mueang, Nakhon Si Thammarat, south Thailand of the 9/29/2549 (2006).
It concerns, on this occasion, a rare Jatukam series which was created long before that - at the middle of 2007 broken out - "Jatukam hysteria". This unexplicable phenomenon led to the fact that within only 6 months, from July to December, 2007, several hundred thousands (some experts speak even about a million) Jatukam amulets were produced by temples. Then in the end of 2007 the "market" broke down, and quite a lot of temples faced the ruin. Many amulet traders, particularly smaller ones, lost their property and often even more overnight.
Most amulets which had been published since July, 2007, lost their "commercial value" overnight and returned to be again what they had really been, a holy relic which should give to its wearer protection, luck, prosperity and health.
Only a few traders had put those Jatukam amulets aside which had been created before July, 2007 which held and even rose during the years after the crisis steadily their value. Today many of the amulets which were made since July, 2007, are pulverised or melted and became component of new amulets.
The venerable Phra Khru Thep created the amulet after a confidential recipe from holy ingredients and holy water. The amulets were pressed in Wat Phra Mahathat by monks with a hand-lever press and afterwards were painted.
The amulet was created in favour of Wat Po Kaew Prasit (also in Nakhon Si Thammarat) and was consecrated in the 9/29/2549 in the Saln Lak Mueang Nakhon Si Thammarat by 108 monks. The income from the sales of these amulets was donated to Wat Po Kaew Prasit for the financing of the new building of the Ubosoth by the Wat Phra Mahathat.
On the front there is Jatukam Ramathep, the divine angel (Rama = divine / royal and Thep = angel), the protector and luck bringer (health, prosperity and a long life) of the people.
The back shows the big Chedi of Wat Phra Mahathat where Buddha's relics are. The Wat Mahathat is a royal temple first class and one of the oldest temples of Thailand. On its area stands the 74 metre high Phra Baromathat Chedi which is surrounded by 174 small Chedis and in which there is a Buddha's relic. After the tradition it concerns one or several teeth of Buddha
The amulet is in a handmade, watertight and gilt dimension casing, height approx. 6.6 cm, width approx. 5.5 cm, thickness approx. 1.7 cm and weight approx. 42 grammes! It is delivered, as illustrated, together with a haematite chain which fits comfortably over every head.
The amulet should give particularly a lot of luck and prosperity to its owner, because its history of origin 3 times contains the number 9.
The number 9 is the luck number par excellence in the Thai Buddhism. The more „ Nines“ are in a number, the more luck it should give. This leads to the fact that car registration or mobile numbers with many „ Nines“ are especially expensive in Thailand. Thus a car registration number which has the number 999 may cost 100,000 Baht (approx. 2,400 euros) or more.
The Amulet protects its wearer against attacks, misfortune, illness, accidents, ghosts, black magic, witchcraft, Voodoo, Visha Khameen, imprecations, negative energy and other magic methods which are directed against its owner. Moreover, it gives health, luck and prosperity (literally: Wealth) to his owner.
