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MYSTERIOUS: Abbot told to cease fire breathing stunt - What They Never Told You

Wat Pa Sri Na Pang in tambon Ban Kho, Muang district, Khon Kaen province. (Photo supplied)

The Khon Kaen Office of Buddhism has warned a forest temple abbot to refrain from a fire-breathing ritual, after video of him spewing flames from his mouth in front of a crowd was widely shared on social media.

On Friday, Phra Khru Siriratananukul, the ecclesiastical commune-chief of tambon Ban Kho,  Khon Kaen Provincial Office of Buddhism director Somporn Chan-ut and local officials all arrived at Wat Pa Sri Na Pang in Muang district.

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