Wat Klang Bang Kaeo
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Wat Klang Bang Kaeo is a temple in Nakhon Chai Si District,
Central Thailand Central Thailand (Central plain) or more specifically Siam (also known as Suvarnabhumi and Dvaravati) is one of the regions of Thailand, covering the broad alluvial plain of the Chao Phraya River. It is separated from northeast Thailand (Isan) by ...
. Located on the
Tha Chin River The Tha Chin river ( th, แม่น้ำท่าจีน, , ) is a distributary of the Chao Phraya river, Thailand. It splits near the province of Chai Nat and then flows west from the Chao Phraya through the central plains, until it empt ...
, the temple was established during the
Ayutthaya period The Ayutthaya Kingdom (; th, อยุธยา, , IAST: or , ) was a Siamese kingdom that existed in Southeast Asia from 1351 to 1767, centered around the city of Ayutthaya, in Siam, or present-day Thailand. The Ayutthaya Kingdom is conside ...
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Description

The temple was built during the rule of the Ayutthaya Kingdom and was formerly known as Wat Khongkharam. The temple has three floors and contains Buddhist art and iconography.


References

{{reflist Buddhist temples in Thailand