Religion in Pattaya

• Buddha idols are given utmost regard in Thailand. All Buddha images, whether large or small, are regarded sacred. Never climb up on one to take a photograph or do anything that could be offensive.
• Don't go inside a Buddhist chapel with your shoes on. However, it is acceptable to wear shoes while walking around the compound of a Buddhist temple. Floors of religious places are usually clean and you don't have to worry about dirt when you have to take them off.
• Be neatly and decently dressed. Never go shirtless or in shorts, pants or other unsuitable attire. Dress yourself in the same manner as the Thais do while visiting a religious place.
• While visiting a mosque, men should wear hats and women should be well-covered with slacks or a long skirt, a longsleeved blouse buttoned to the neck and a scarf over the hair. The shoes must be removed before entering the mosque. If there is a religious gathering in the mosque, you must leave.
• A female must not touch a Buddhist priest under any circumstance. Priests are forbidden to accept anything from the hand of a woman. Even then if a lady wants to give anything to the monk, she first hands it to a male, who then presents it to the monk. In case the woman who wants to present the object with her hand, the monk would spread out a piece of saffron robe or handkerchief in front of him and the woman will lay down the material on it.