Wat Bakan ( km, វត្តបាកាន, ) is a
pagoda
A pagoda is an Asian tiered tower with multiple eaves common to Nepal, India, China, Japan, Korea, Myanmar, Vietnam, and other parts of Asia. Most pagodas were built to have a religious function, most often Buddhist but sometimes Taoist, ...
in
Trapeang chorng commune,
Bakan District
Bakan ( km, ស្រុកបាកាន) is a district in Pursat province, Cambodia. The district capital is at Trapeang Chong located on National Highway 5 (Cambodia), National Highway 5 around 15 kilometres north of the provincial capital at ...
of
Pursat Province in
Cambodia
Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailand t ...
. It is one of the oldest active pagodas in the country, thought to be at least 800 years old.
References
Buddhist temples in Cambodia
Buildings and structures in Pursat province
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