| WAT SAMPHAO LOM |
Wat Samphao Lom or the "Monastery of the Capsized Junk" in use by the Buddhist
clergy. The temple is located off the City Island in the south west area, east of Khlong
Takhian in Tambon Pak Kran.
The large ordination hall or ubosot has been completely renovated, hence its new name
Wat Tham Mai, the "newly made monastery". Only the inner walls are somehow the last
remains of the old monastery. The interior of the renovated ubosot is very beautiful
decorated.
Historical data about the monastery and its construction is not known.
The site is mentioned on a Fine Arts Department map drafted in 1993 but is not
indicated on the Phraya Boran Rachathanin's map of 1926.
clergy. The temple is located off the City Island in the south west area, east of Khlong
Takhian in Tambon Pak Kran.
The large ordination hall or ubosot has been completely renovated, hence its new name
Wat Tham Mai, the "newly made monastery". Only the inner walls are somehow the last
remains of the old monastery. The interior of the renovated ubosot is very beautiful
decorated.
Historical data about the monastery and its construction is not known.
The site is mentioned on a Fine Arts Department map drafted in 1993 but is not
indicated on the Phraya Boran Rachathanin's map of 1926.
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| Text & photographs by Tricky Vandenberg - May 2009 |
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