Sharing Some Info on Kelantan Sacred Tongkat - Mai Thaw Mahathera.

The very first batch of Mai Thaw Mahathera.

Pictures showing my grandapa aka Phor Luang Keaw is  holding the 1st batch of Mai Thaw Mahathera by Than Thit of Wat Utamaram. This mai thaw was made in year 1997/98. Thamboon for renting this mai thaw is only RM100. I had obtained 2pcs of this mai thaw, one given to my grandpa and one to be kept for myself. Then it was given away to my brother in law. It was a superb power mai thaw. Comes with certificate of authentification. Made of Mai Rakh, inserted with needles, white kradat wau jant, a piece of buluh tumpat and path nar thang.

 

The feature tongkat was named Mai Thaw Mahathera. The official name of Tok Raja’s tongkat. The word Mahathera was adopted from the Tok Raja’s Buddhist name;

PHRA VICARANAYANAMUNI, KHRON PUNNASUVANNA MAHATHERA.

The name of the building, on top of the main entrance to the Tok Raja’s main hall .....

According to Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary, MAHATHERA (mahaathera) means "Great Elder". Mai Thaw Mahathera can be defined as The Great Mai Thaw. As for some Kelantanese the word MAHATHERA brings the differs connotation. As for us, the name Mai Thaw MAHATHERA was given to the tongkat as the substitution of ..... or to associate with.....the sacred Tok Raja Tongkat !

This Mai Thaw Mahathera was made around year 2002/2003 ( BE. 2546/47 ). The creation were associated with chief monk 71st birthday. The number of this Mai Thaw Mahathera created was unknown. It was a superb new creation of small and tiny tongkat. By donating ( Thamboon )RM100, devotees will get this superb Mai Thaw Mahathera. The specific and special khatas paper was given along to the devotees.

Due to its popularity, the Mai Thaw Mahathera was out of stock and then the fake n imitation of this Mai Thaw Mahathera were produced by wat committees and the number of this imitated Mai Thaw Mahathera was huge and almost out of control. The materials and ingredients used were beyond devotees expectation ! Later on the imitate tongkat prices flung from Thamboon of RM 100 to RM 200 per piece.

The authentic batch Mai Thaw Mahathera materials used;



( Special / Committee batch )

• 3 needles - Gold, Silver and Bronze
• 3 Copper takruts
• A piece of buluh tumpat



( Normal batch )

• 1 Silver needle
• 2 copper takrut

The authentic batch of Mai Thaw Mahathera, normal Mai Rakh and Mai Rakh coated with Janrakh……..



The imitate batch of Mai Thaw Mahathera materials used;

• Silver needle
• 3 pieces of photocopy of original copper takruts.
. Hand written yants at the reverse side of the photocopy yants.

The early batch of imitates Mai Thaw Mahathera……..

Few years back, due to the poor distribution of this imitated tongkat. Some of the wat committee decided to combine the tongkat with phra pidta amulet which is also deteriorate in sales. Phra pidta was attached to the top of the tongkat and being sold as the new creation of the chief monk. The imitate tongkats were still using the same tiny original tongkat from wat. I called / named it as imitattion tongkat because of the material used / inserted. The funny thing about this new creation is…..phra pidta was GLUED on top of the tongkat by using Elephant Super Glue !
 

Phra pidta amulet……..


The later batch of imitates Mai Thaw Mahathera……..

The sales of this tongkat was marvelous. Display and snap ……cash and carry ! The thamboon roses from RM200 to RM300 per piece. For the naïve tongkat die hard, it was worth to buy tongkat. As the thamboon of phra pidta per se was already RM130 plus RM200 for the tongkat. That means…..they saved RM30 per piece. So, why not ?

There’s a friend of mine….came straight away from Penang just to own this superb Mai Thaw Mahathera. He went to the wat and collected two pieces of this Mai Thaw Mahathera ( one phim each ). He put these 2 tongkats on his car dashboard while browsing around Tumpat to visit other wats. Upon reaching my home, he was hailing and yelling non stop upon reaching my doorstep. Yelled and shouted because the one of phra pidta attached to the tongkat was separated from the tongkat due to the hot/  high temperature while parking his car when visited other wats. I had shared with him some information regarding the tongkat. In his disbelieved, he disassembled both the top and bottom of the tongkat and shocked to see the materials inserted !

If u were one of the unlucky guy who had already rented this imitate Mai Thaw Mahathera, stop hailing…. yelling ….and shouting…... BEAR IN MIND that, chief monk nothing to do with this imitate version of Mai Thaw Mahathera, he doesn’t know and absolute innocent ! Jus consider that your RM 200 or RM 300 were a kind hearted thamboon to the wat. Shadu ! Shadu !

Why we need to be more sensitive and selective about the tongkat….

FYI, the real great sacred tongkat; Can be used as…….

• Superb tool for Phor Mor / Achan
- To dispel / discard ghost and evil forces.
- To cure exorcism.
- To make nambun ( holy water ).

• Tool to protect the wearer / owner.
- General safety from bad luck and unlucky star
- Avoiding mishap / fatal occurrences
- Possess of Amnaj power

• Safe guard your house from;
- Break-in / thief
- Fire / danger
- Evil spirit – evil forces

In a nutshell, the real sacred tongkat power is absolute and no suitable words to describe its. As my grandpa said………

“Absolute 108 purposes and you don’t know the power of the tongkat, unless you own it”.
FYI, imitate tongkat …….

• Cannot protect the wearer.
• No absolute powers as the real sacred tongkat
• It’s just a piece of wood that means nothing to the wearer / owner
or more specifically, a piece of decorative wood !


“ Beautiful to see, nice to hold.once you used, you will know ! “
Shadu ! Shadu !
sabbe satta sukhita hontuk !

Wie.sukhihotu09 !