Wat Carolina Buddhajakra Vanaram is a

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. It is located near Bolivia, North Carolina (or about west of

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). The Wat Carolina Monastery is under the leadership of Abbot Phrakru Buddamonpricha.

History

Abbot Phrakru Buddhamonpricha came to

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in 1986 to visit his two sisters and brother, which was then called Long Beach, N.C. In 1987, the four of them founded the Buddhist Association of North Carolina. After his siblings donated of land, Phrakru returned to

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from

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to establish the Wat Carolina Monastery, which opened later that year.

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A Coat of Many Colors: Religion and Society Along the Cape Fear River of North Carolina
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