Wat Mahathat was a royal monastery and the seat of the Supreme Patriarch of the City Dwelling sect till the end of the Ayutthaya

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Buddha at Wat Mahathat - one of the most important monasteries of the Ayutthaya kingdom as the religious centre and enshrined relics of the Buddha. It was a royal monastery and the seat of the Supreme Patriarch of the City Dwelling sect till the end of the Ayutthaya period

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Location: Ayutthaya, Thailand
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