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Thursday, January 25, 2018

Ayutthaya Historical Park - Wat Chaiwatthanaram

Located across the river from the southwest side of the island, this temple is one of the larger complexes in Ayutthaya. Built in 1630 AD. the temple has an architectural style similar to that of Angkor Wat in Cambodia. In the centre of the complex is a 35 meter high prang (tower), which is surrounded by eight smaller chedis that form an inner courtyard. Stairs lead up to small alcoves at the top of each of the four sides of the prang where Buddha images used to sit, however, today the Buddha statues. The inner courtyard is lined with 120 headless and limbless Buddha statues. The two giant Bhddha some times wore clothes as seen in others photos. However they were naked at the time I visited.

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