The golden chedi of Wat Wang Wiwekaram, a temple near Sangkhlaburi on the Thai-Myanmar border and the spiritual center of the ethnic Mon community.
The Wat Wang Wiwekaram or Wat Mon is a temple build by a Mon monk from Burma. The temple just outside Wang Kha village comprises of several buildings in a mix of Thai and Burmese styles, as well as a large golden Indian style chedi. At the entrance of the temple complex are two giant Chinthe, mythological lions often seen guarding Burmese temples. A few hundred meters from the temple on the edge of the lake is a large golden chedi. Constructed about three decades ago, the Puttakaya chedi was modelled after the chedi of the Mahabodhi temple in the Indian town Bodhgaya, the place where the Buddha reached enlightenment some 2,500 years ago.
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Location: Sangkhlaburi, Thailand
Photo credit: © Laure Siegel / Alamy / Afripics
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